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Disband vs Disburse - What's the difference?

disband | disburse |

As verbs the difference between disband and disburse

is that disband is to break up or cause to cease to exist while disburse is (finance) to pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.

disband

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To break up or cause to cease to exist.
  • The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency.
  • * Knolles
  • They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling.
  • (obsolete) To loose the bands of; to set free.
  • (obsolete) To divorce.
  • * Milton
  • And therefore she ought to be disbanded .

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    disburse

    English

    Verb

    (disburs)
  • (finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
  • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with the scattering word disperse, despite similarity.

    Synonyms

    (to pay out) shell out (informal), cough up (informal), fork out (informal), fork over (informal)

    Derived terms

    * disbursement