Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disbursement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disbursement \Dis*burse"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]boursement.]
1. The act of disbursing or paying out.
The disbursement of the public moneys. --U. S.
Statutes.
2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual
disbursements exceed the income.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disbursement
n 1: amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently
tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
[syn: {expense}, {disbursal}]
2: the act of spending or disbursing money [syn: {spending}, {disbursal},
{outlay}]
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