disburse
verb (used with object)
to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
disburser
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a word derived from
disburse.
Example Sentences
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In Washington CWAdministrator Hopkins has made a reputation for himself that is wholly independent of his fortuitous political popularity as the greatest disburser of ready cash in the country's history.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1767 the city of San Gavan, remaining intact amid the ruin of all its neighbors, was the sole disburser of the riches of the Caravaya Valley.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various
It was the disburser of alms and a many-handed robber.
From A Short History of Monks and Monasteries by Alfred Wesley Wishart
When the Revolution arrived, Monsieur de Varandeuil, thanks to the Comte d'Artois' patronage, was disburser of pensions.
From Germinie Lacerteux by Jules de Goncourt
Behold him no longer the distributer of employments, or the disburser of the publick treasure! see him divested of all security, but that of innocence, and yet no accusations are produced!
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II. by Samuel Johnson
