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Definition: Disburse |
DisburseVerb1. Pay out. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disburse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Note: Disburse \Dis*burse"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Disbursed; present participle verb or noun Disbursing.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Finance | To pay out money. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: DisburseSynonym: pay out (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Expenditure | Verb: expend, spend; run through, get through; pay, disburse; ante, ante up; pony up; open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings; lay out, shell out, fork out, fork over; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Disburse |
| English words defined with "disburse": Deburse, Disbursed, Disbursing, Dispurse ♦ Redisburse. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "disburse": real-estate agent ♦ SALES AGENT, REAL ESTATE, SCHOOL SECRETARY. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "disburse": Dispurse. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Lebanon | During the year, the Central Fund for the Displaced continued to disburse funds to assist internally displaced persons return to their homes. (references) |
Iraq | In 1999 the Sanctions Committee offered to disburse funds to cover Hajj-related expenses via a neutral third party; the Government again rejected the offer. (references) | |
Economic History | Suriname | The present government is not in favor of this approach, and discussions are continuing with respect to the best way to disburse aid. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | The U.S. based bank will disburse directly to the U.S. exporter. (references) |
Indonesia | At the October 2000 CGI meeting, donors pledged to disburse up to $4.8 billion for the 2000 fiscal year. (references) | |
Chad | Escrow accounts provide a system to insulate collateral and disburse to lenders revenues generated by the project being financed. (references) | |
Travel | Russia | Western Union has agents in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and some other large cities, which disburse money wired from the United States. (references) |
Worker Rights | Burma | The Government allocated funds to regional and local authorities to pay wages to at least some of the civilians on whom it imposed labor obligations; however, these wages were set at levels below the prevailing wage, and reports indicated that local authorities commonly did not disburse allocated funds to workers. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Disburse" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 84.21% of the time. "Disburse" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 84.21% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 15.79% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "disburse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpërblej (award, be quits, crown, guerdon, recompense, recoup, refund, remunerate, repair, repay, requite, reward, solve, supply), paguaj (buy, defray, fee, foot, fork out, give, meet, pay, pay out, pay up, plank, reckon, recompense, redeem, remunerate, render, repay, reward, settle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وزع (allocate, allot, apportion, cast, circulation, deal, deal out, deliver, diffuse, dispense, distribute, divide, dole out, hand out, issue, ladle, parcel, part, portion, seed, serve out), أنفق (exhaust, expend, lay out, outlay, pass away, put in, spend, spend the time), دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | изразходвам (drain, eat up, exhaust, expend, spend, spin out, use up), изплащам (allow, clear, discharge, expiate, lift, liquidate, meet, pay, pay away, pay out, pay up, repay, settle, sink, take up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "出 (Disbursed, Disbursement, Disbursing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vydat (betray, bring out, edit, expend, extradite, get out, hand over, issue, outlay, release, render, surrender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitbetalen financieringsmiddelen --- (voor ontwikkelingshulp) (disburse finance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پرداختن (Defray, Loose, Pay, Pony), پرداخت کردن (Buffer, Burnish, Give, Scour, Spend), پرداخت (Disbursement, Expenditure, Glaze, Outlay, Pay, Payment, Payoff, Polish, Remitment, Remittance, Rendition, Settlement), خرج کردن (Expend, Outlay, Spend), خرج (Cost, Disbursement, Expenditure, Expense, Input, Outlay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | distribuer (dispense, distribute), décaisser, débourser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | auszahlen (buy out, pay, pay off, pay out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kifizet (pay off, pay out, to buy off, to clear off, to disburse, to discharge, to honor, to honour, to pay off, to pay out, to stump up), kiad (disgorge, eject, expend, extradite, flatulence, issue, let, publish, to disgorge, to expend, to extradite, to give out, to issue, to lease out, to pass out, to produce, to rent, to send forth, to surrender). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | membayar (pay, see: bayar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sborsare (fork out, shell out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 출납하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ceau argid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isburseday despender (expend, lay out, put out, shell out, spend), desembolsar (outgo, pay out), livrar (discharge, disproof, divestiture, free, let go, rescue, rid, save, set free, to free), gastar (batter, consume, expend, go, pay out, run out of, run through, scuff, serve, spend, take, waste). (various references) plãti (defray, finance, foot, fork out, fork over, fork up, give, make good, offset, pay, quit, remit, shell out, stand, stump up). (various references) оплачивать (defray, pay, re-paid), платить (give, pay). (various references) trošiti (consume, dig into, spend), isplatiti (fee, pay off, pay out). (various references) desembolsar (fork out, fork up, lash out, pay out). (various references) betala ut (pay, pay out). (various references) para sarfetmek, para harcamak (put one's hand in one's pocket, spend, spend money), ödemek (acquit, ante, ante up, atone for, clear, come across with, defray, discharge, domicil, domicile, domiciliate, fee, foot, fork out, fork over, fork up, give, indemnify, pay, pay for, pay in, pay out, pick up the tab, plonk down, quit, recoup, redeem, repay, retire, satisfy, settle, shell out, spring, stump, stump up, to pay, wipe out). (various references) витрачати (consume, dispend, expend, hand out, spend, throw away, use, use up, ware, waste), платити (acquit, give, pay, render). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dispensare, erogo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "disburse": disbursed, disbursement, disbursements, disburser, disbursers, disburses. (additional references) | |
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"Disburse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: diburse, disberse, disbruse, discurse, diskurse, gisburne, Lisburne. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "disburse" (pronounced di'sber"s) |
| 3 | -b er" s | burse, reimburse. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: subsider. | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-i-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: bruised, bruises, burdies, subside, sudsier. | |
-2 letters: biders, birses, brides, bruise, burdie, buried, buries, burses, busied, busier, busies, bussed, debris, disuse, druses, duress, issued, issuer, rebids, redubs, resids, rubied, rubies, sieurs, subers, sudser. | |
-3 letters: bider, bides, biers, birds, birse, bises, bride, bries, burds, burse, bused, buses, dress, dribs, dries, drubs, druse, dures, issue, rebid. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-i-r-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: burnsides, curbsides, debruises, disbursed, disburser, disburses, rudesbies, sideburns, suberised, subsiders. | |
+2 letters: birdhouses, disburdens, disbursers, disturbers, subeditors, subperiods, subscribed, subsidizer, turbidness. | |
+3 letters: absurdities, distributes, husbandries, subdividers, subsidizers. | |
+4 letters: disbursement, disencumbers, distributees, disturbances, purblindness, shipbuilders, subdirectors, subordinates, subsidiaries, suburbanised, superscribed, turbidnesses, undesirables. | |
+5 letters: disbursements, redistributes, rhabdoviruses, subdistricted, subindustries. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 62 75 72 73 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... -... ..- .-. ... . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01100010 01110101 01110010 01110011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s b u r s e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0062 0075 0072 0073 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3875856887848571 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, Albanais, albaner, albán, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, Chinois, Chinesisch, kínai, cinese, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, néerlandais, holländisch, holland, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, francia, francese, "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, német, tedesco, 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonésien, Indonesier, indonéz, indonesiano, 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, Roemeens, Roumain, rumäne, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰 |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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