disbursed; disbursing
1
a
: to pay out : expend especially from a fund
disburse money
b
: to make a payment in settlement of
disburse a bill
2
disburser
noun
Examples of disburse in a Sentence
The money will be disbursed on the basis of need.
The government has disbursed millions of dollars in foreign aid.
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The attorney general will pick who disburses money from the fund and the president can remove any of those people, according to the DOJ.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 19 May 2026
Amy Dolinky, technical adviser for opioid settlement funds planning and capacity building at the Michigan Association of Counties, told Bridge that some of the counties that had not spent opioid funds as of December have recently completed planning and are preparing to disburse money in 2026.
—CBS News, 18 May 2026
The city will disburse the loan in four installments during construction.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
The Office of Attorney General should utilize better software to manage collection of more funds and to disburse those funds more timely.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
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Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 19 May 2026
Amy Dolinky, technical adviser for opioid settlement funds planning and capacity building at the Michigan Association of Counties, told Bridge that some of the counties that had not spent opioid funds as of December have recently completed planning and are preparing to disburse money in 2026.
—CBS News, 18 May 2026
The city will disburse the loan in four installments during construction.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
The Office of Attorney General should utilize better software to manage collection of more funds and to disburse those funds more timely.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
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“Disburse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disburse. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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