disburse

Etymology

From Old French desbourser (modern: débourser). Equivalent to dis- + burse (“purse”).

verb

  1. (finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
    The consequent traffic is so grave that, last year, councils in England and Wales demanded that the government disburse £1bn a year to them so they could repair roads and tackle congestion. November 21 2019, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian

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