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Disburse vs Disbursed - What's the difference?

disburse | disbursed |

As verbs the difference between disburse and disbursed

is that disburse is to pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury while disbursed is past tense of disburse.

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

    disbursed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (disburse)

    • 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