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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Disbursed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Disbursing

[OF.

desbourser

, F.

débourser

; pref.

des-

(L.

dis-

) +

bourse

purse. See

, and cf.

To pay out; to expend; – usually from a public fund or treasury.

The duty of collecting and

disbursing

his revenues.

Macaulay.

Disbursing officer

an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.

Verb.

disburs. To pay out, as money; to spend or lay out; primarily, to pay money from a public chest or treasury, but applicable to a private purse.