Disburse vs Payment - What's the difference?
disburse | payment |
(finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
(uncountable) The act of paying.
(countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.
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As a verb disburse
is to pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.As a noun payment is
the act of paying.disburse
English
Verb
(disburs)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
* disbursementpayment
English
Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment .” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}