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Disburse vs Transmit - What's the difference?

disburse | transmit |

As verbs the difference between disburse and transmit

is that disburse is (finance) to pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury while transmit is .

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

    transmit

    English

    Verb

    (transmitt)
  • To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
  • To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
  • To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
  • To communicate news or information.
  • To convey energy or force through a mechanism.
  • To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).
  • Synonyms

    * (l)