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Reimburse vs Disburse - What's the difference?

reimburse | disburse |

Disburse is a hyponym of reimburse.



As verbs the difference between reimburse and disburse

is that reimburse is to compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf while disburse is to pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.

reimburse

English

Verb

(reimburs)
  • To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.
  • The company will reimburse your expenses for the business trip.

    Derived terms

    * reimbursable * reimbursement * reimburser

    Hypernyms

    * compensate, pay

    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