1
as in expenses
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
substantial disbursements for research and development
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as in payments
the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services
the disbursement of the foundation's funds to several cancer research centers
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as in distributions
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group
the agency whose responsibilities included the disbursement of strains of the virus to medical research labs around the country
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Recent Examples of disbursements
And disbursements from the accounts will be subject to taxes.
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Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
Her six-person staff fed 100 to 110 families a day in October as a federal budget stalemate threatened CalFresh disbursements.
—JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The situation worsens because many state and municipal funds depend on federal disbursements, creating a domino effect of delays.
—Caio Delcolli, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025
Next month’s disbursements are expected to arrive without issue, state officials said.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
The disbursements are from October 2024 through September 2025.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
The states argue that the USDA’s shifting instructions—first reducing payments by 50 percent and then by 35 percent—create serious administrative risks that could lead to incorrect or delayed food-aid disbursements.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
However, the disbursements are expected to be delayed, likely hurting consumer spending this month.
—Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025
The first prizes, which included different cash disbursements amounting to 900,000 euros ($1 million) in all, were handed out by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, who returned earlier this month for a candlelit anniversary soiree.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026
Her six-person staff fed 100 to 110 families a day in October as a federal budget stalemate threatened CalFresh disbursements.
—JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The situation worsens because many state and municipal funds depend on federal disbursements, creating a domino effect of delays.
—Caio Delcolli, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2025
Next month’s disbursements are expected to arrive without issue, state officials said.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
The disbursements are from October 2024 through September 2025.
—Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
The states argue that the USDA’s shifting instructions—first reducing payments by 50 percent and then by 35 percent—create serious administrative risks that could lead to incorrect or delayed food-aid disbursements.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
However, the disbursements are expected to be delayed, likely hurting consumer spending this month.
—Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2025
The first prizes, which included different cash disbursements amounting to 900,000 euros ($1 million) in all, were handed out by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, who returned earlier this month for a candlelit anniversary soiree.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbursements
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Location shoots in the metropolitan region or in the capital can apply for a 30% reimbursement for local expenses and 40% for location shoots in the rest of the country.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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The defendants — Jed Wood of Fort Worth; Royana Thomas of Arlington; Joshua Link of Stafford, Missouri; Tia Link of Smithton, Missouri; and Taylor Bang of Kildeer, North Dakota — are accused of using investors’ money to purchase real property and for personal expenses.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Feb. 2026
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Most payments arrive quickly because the vast majority of recipients are paid electronically.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
11 Feb. 2026
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The new tax break mirrors the mortgage interest deduction, which allows homeowners to deduct interest payments on up to $750,000 of mortgage debt, or $375,000 if married and filing separately.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Inherited Roth account distributions aren’t taxed as long as the account has been open at least five years.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Its components can be rearranged to model different limb lengths, weight distributions and joint ranges of motion.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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During warmer months, when the path is crowded with tourists in leisure mode, anyone who walks with a purpose should avoid the Bridge at all costs.—
Katie James Watkinson,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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Let the free market’s open up competition between companies and the costs will come down, so families can afford the necessities to live, work and raise a family.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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The community’s prolific turnout at sporting events in the region is well known, with basketball games in Qatar sometimes limiting allocations for Filipino fans to avoid home advantage from being lost.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The camp had no sanitation system, no barracks, no clothing allocations, and scant rations distributed uncooked to men without pans or utensils or firewood.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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About $20 million of the Bright Future Fund’s 2024 expenditures went to Future Forward USA Action, the main dark money group that bankrolled pro-Harris ads during that year’s election.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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Alphabet said in its earnings report last week that its capital expenditures in 2026 could more than double those of 2025.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Disbursements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbursements. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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