as in to pay
to hand over or use up in payment
the foundation disburses money to many worthy causes
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Recent Examples of disburse
The funds can sit inside a DAF for years untouched, and when they are distributed to a qualified charity, there’s no obligation to disclose how much is being disbursed or to whom, potentially shrouding Musk’s giving from public scrutiny.
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Julie Goldenberg, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
This fee is deducted from your loan balance before the funds are disbursed.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
The incoming Trump administration is all but certain to roll back numerous Biden actions, but getting money disbursed can make at least some of Biden’s policies permanent.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
But the pièce de resistance is the idea that the president can simply choose not to spend money that Congress has appropriated and directed the executive to disburse.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Julie Goldenberg, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
This fee is deducted from your loan balance before the funds are disbursed.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
The incoming Trump administration is all but certain to roll back numerous Biden actions, but getting money disbursed can make at least some of Biden’s policies permanent.
—Zack Budryk, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
But the pièce de resistance is the idea that the president can simply choose not to spend money that Congress has appropriated and directed the executive to disburse.
—Noah Feldman, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for disburse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disburse
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Amazon agreed to pay $1 billion a year to secure the rights to NFL Thursday Night Football back in 2021.—
Alex Cranz,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
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Eventually, the cumulative toll of Russia’s war economy will need to be paid.—
Alexandra Prokopenko,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Jan. 2025
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Bryant spent many of his formative years in Italy, as his father Joe decided to take his playing career to Europe after leaving the Houston Rockets in 1983.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
25 Jan. 2025
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Ellis spent more than 31 years behind bars before Nassau County Judge Patricia Harrington tossed his conviction in 2021.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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Acquiring Plum gives a veteran guard to the Sparks young core of Rickea Jackson and Cameron Brink and reunites her with her former Aces teammate Dearica Hamby.—
Doug Feinberg,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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The rise in right-wing extremism — not least in Germany, where the far-right AfD party is running second in the polls — gives The Investigation a current relevance, but director Kahl says current politics was not on his mind.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Disburse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disburse. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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