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# disburse

verb (disburse, disburses, disbursed, disbursing)

«disburse» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(formal) To disburse money is to pay it out, usually from a fund or by an organisation, government or bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disburse/#m1)

### In the lessons

A formal, official word used in business, government and exam-style questions about money: a charity disburses grants, a school disburses prize money. In maths problems it means the money leaves the fund, so the amount in the fund goes down. Phrases: disburse funds, disburse payments.

### Examples

- The charity disbursed money to families who lost their homes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disburse/#x1)
- The council will disburse the funds next month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disburse/#x2)
- The club treasurer disburses money for team trips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disburse/#x3)
- A total of 600 dollars was disbursed equally among 4 schools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disburse/#x4)
- The bank disbursed the loan to the farmer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disburse/#x5)
- After the fair, the money was disbursed to three charities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disburse/#x6)

### Note

Formal; in everyday speech say «pay out» or «give out». Noun: disbursement. Do not confuse with «disperse» (spread out in different directions). In maths: «a fund of 600, 150 disbursed» leaves 600 − 150 = 450; «disbursed equally among 4» means divide (600 ÷ 4 = 150 each).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disburse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disburse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disburse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disburse.html) on Mova free.