How to Use disburse in a Sentence

disburse

verb
Definition of disbursenext
Synonyms for disbursenext
  • The money will be disbursed on the basis of need.
  • The government has disbursed millions of dollars in foreign aid.
  • Grants meant to stanch the bleeding have been slow to disburse.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The state is still in the process of disbursing dollars for that round.
    — Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
  • The City plans to disburse $10 million over the course of 10 years to Black households.
    — Ashlee Banks, Essence, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Funds will be disbursed in the next four to six weeks, Denton said.
    — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The state is working with NOAA on how to disburse the money.
    — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2018
  • The will disburse up to six months of monthly relief over the course of two years.
    — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The winds determine how and where the smoke will be disbursed.
    — John S. Marshall, Houston Chronicle, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The benefits are disbursed four times a month, on the third day of the month and on three Wednesdays.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 27 May 2023
  • The payment was disbursed on the fourth Wednesday of May, and was sent to people born after the 21st of a month.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 24 May 2023
  • The city faces a tight deadline to come to a consensus on the location of the funds and disburse them.
    — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Clerks won’t accept checks over $500 and won’t disburse any cash, Sauter said.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • But the city must hire a consultant to develop a plan for how to disburse the loans.
    — Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, 4 June 2018
  • The law increased the amount of the credit and disbursed it on a monthly basis rather than in a lump sum at tax time.
    — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The funding comes from one penny of the state’s sales tax, and the MSBA disburses funds based on need.
    — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
  • They are required by law to disburse at least 5% of their assets.
    — Jon Bergdoll, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Loan documents will be signed and checks disbursed from April 6 to 15.
    — Anna Beahm | [email protected], al, 25 Mar. 2020
  • The monthly payments are disbursed on the second, third, and fourth Wednesdays of each month.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 4 July 2023
  • Under the new agreement, the IMF will disburse $3 billion over nine months.
    — Time, 11 July 2023
  • Once the funds are requested and then received, the state has 60 days to disburse them to the village, Mostardo said.
    — James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 15 July 2021
  • The city has not yet disbursed any funds pursuant to the development agreement, Bigham said in the email.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 16 Apr. 2020
  • That figure was seen as a triumph after a slow start to disburse the funds and complaints from landlords and renters about the process.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The candidates also pushed to make a switch in how student loans were disbursed.
    — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 5 June 2019
  • That's because a loan fee of around 4.25 percent is charged and deducted from the PLUS loan amount when it is first disbursed.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2018
  • But the city didn’t disburse the $2 million as promised in March, Rumph said, and the land trust couldn’t immediately complete the sale.
    — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • With no budget passed, around 90% of state spending had to be disbursed through a patchwork of state laws and court orders.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • The monthly payment is disbursed on the first of the month, and May's disbursement was released Monday.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
  • The court agreed with the SBA’s position that it was not legally obligated to disburse the funds.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • But more than half of those came from two jurisdictions, with the rest disbursed among the remaining 12.
    — Jayme Fraser, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024

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