Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disbursing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disburse \Dis*burse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disbursed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Disbursing}.] [OF. desbourser, F. d['e]bourser; pref.
des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See {Burse}, and cf.
{Dispurse}.]
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.
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