I. -s transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle French desbourser, from Old French desborser, from des- dis- (I) + borser to get money, from borse purse, from Late Latin bursa oxhide — more at purse
1.
a. : to expend especially from a public fund : pay out
disbursed over $5,000,000 for roads and other improvements
party bosses disbursed money freely in strategic election districts
b. : to pay in settlement of : defray
his father's readiness to disburse such a thumping bill — George Meredith
2. : distribute
his will disbursed property to the value of approximately $35,000,000 — R.S.Boardman
the hundred kilograms of uranium … was to be disbursed under strictly bilateral agreement — John Lear
Synonyms: see spend
II. noun
( -s )
archaic : disbursement