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
Many schools depend on the Department of Education to disburse funds for Pell Grants, Title I programs, and other initiatives that support underserved populations.
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Scott White, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
To help administer the fund, in 1997 the FCC created the Universal Service Administrative Company, a private not-for-profit corporation that helps determine the amount larger carriers must contribute to it and disburses money to program beneficiaries.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
Agencies that currently disburse funds independently—known as non-Treasury disbursing offices (NTDOs)—will have that function returned to the Treasury to provide centralized oversight and reduce duplicate financial reporting.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Some interpret this to mean that the president has a duty to comply with budgetary laws passed by Congress and to disburse funding in accordance with them.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
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Scott White, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
To help administer the fund, in 1997 the FCC created the Universal Service Administrative Company, a private not-for-profit corporation that helps determine the amount larger carriers must contribute to it and disburses money to program beneficiaries.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2025
Agencies that currently disburse funds independently—known as non-Treasury disbursing offices (NTDOs)—will have that function returned to the Treasury to provide centralized oversight and reduce duplicate financial reporting.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Some interpret this to mean that the president has a duty to comply with budgetary laws passed by Congress and to disburse funding in accordance with them.
—Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disburse
Verb
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But within a decade, Social Security could run short on funds to pay the full benefits Americans are counting on.—
Dennis W. Jansen,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Still, the union is contending with a decrease in the share of workers who are willing to pay dues.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Ripp is originally a linebacker but spent parts of last year playing edge.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Apr. 2025
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Consumers have been optimizing their spending for years, Thomas said, by making smart decisions to have the ability to still spend, particularly on discretionary items.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Despite that, a growing number of companies do so voluntarily because the information gives them a leg up in the business world.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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This is the Court that just last year gave us Trump v. United States, with its inflated concept of Presidential authority and extensive grant of Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Disburse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disburse. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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