disbursement

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dis·burse·ment

(dĭs-bûrs′mənt)

1. The act or process of disbursing.

2. Money paid out; expenditure.

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dis•burse•ment

(dɪsˈbɜrs mənt)

n.

1. the act or an instance of disbursing.

2. money paid out or spent.

[1590–1600; < Middle French]

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Noun	1.	disbursement - amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) disbursal, expense cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor business expense, trade expense - ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade interest expense - interest paid on loans lobbying expense - expenses incurred in promoting or evaluating legislation; "many lobbying expenses are deductible by a taxpayer" medical expense - amount spent for diagnosis or treatment or prevention of medical problems non-cash expense - an expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash moving expense - the cost of moving your residence from one location to another budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes personal expense - the cost of personal or family living; "some personal expenses are tax deductible"
	2.	disbursement - the act of spending or disbursing money outlay, spending, disbursal defrayal, defrayment, payment - the act of paying money expending, expenditure - the act of spending money for goods or services compensatory spending, deficit spending, pump priming - spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy

disbursement

noun payment, spending, expenditure, disposal, outlay We hope to have the funds ready for disbursement by September.

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disbursement

noun

Something expended to obtain a benefit or desired result:

cost, expenditure, expense, outlay.

Translations

disborso emissione sborso

disbursement

[dɪsˈbɜːsmənt] N (frm) → desembolso m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

disbursement

[dɪsˈbɜː^rsmənt] (formal) n

(= paying out) [money] → déboursement m

(= sum paid) → débours m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

disbursement

n → Auszahlung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

disbursement

[dɪsˈbɜːsmənt] n (frm) → esborso

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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And the first disbursement I desire to be made is the payment of the wages I owe for the time my housekeeper has served me, with twenty ducats, over and above, for a gown.

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It must embrace a provision for the support of the national civil list; for the payment of the national debts contracted, or that may be contracted; and, in general, for all those matters which will call for disbursements out of the national treasury.

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There being at that time great disbursements for increasing the works, building an ingenio, and buying slaves, it did not amount to near so much as afterwards it produced; however," says the old man, "I shall give you a true account of what I have received in all, and how I have disposed of it."

tobacco in roll, and sugar in chests, besides rum, molasses, &c., which is the consequence of a sugar-work; and I found by this account, that every year the income considerably increased; but, as above, the disbursements being large, the sum at first was small: however, the old man let me see that he was debtor to me four hundred and seventy moidores of gold, besides sixty chests of sugar and fifteen double rolls of tobacco, which were lost in his ship; he having been shipwrecked coming home to Lisbon, about eleven years after my having the place.

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- Do not forget the small account for disbursements."

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A committee of his political party has besought him for a hundred or two of dollars, in addition to his previous disbursements, towards carrying on the fall campaign.

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I found on further investigation that this was so, or at least there was an agreement between him and my aunt that he should account to her for all his disbursements. As he had no idea of deceiving her, and always desired to please her, he was thus made chary of launching into expense.

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Suppose it is rather fussy and provoking, like all good housekeepers, --it can at any moment render an account of its disbursements. Where is the merchant who would not gladly give five per cent of his entire capital if he could insure himself against LEAKAGE?"

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154.0 billion to small farmers which was 23% higher than the disbursement of Rs 124.8 billion during same period last year.

Agriculture credit outreach up by 8pc to 4.01m farmers

According to the State Bank of Pakistan, agricultural credit disbursement during FY19 had witnessed an increase of 21pc over the last one year.

Agri credit outreach grows 8pc to 4m farmers

'The achievement of agriculture credit disbursement is a sizable performance in agriculture lending despite number of demand and supply side challenges,' said the SBP.