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disburse

verbCommon GRE wordMore D words

to pay out money, especially from a fund

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Disburse in a sentence

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The treasurer will disburse the grant funds at the start of each quarter.

Synonyms
distributedispenseexpend
Antonyms
collectwithhold

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Once a blank supporter of the policy, the governor now denounces it at every opportunity, embarrassed that she ever endorsed it.

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Questions about “disburse”

Disburse (verb) means to pay out money, especially from a fund
Here is disburse used in an example sentence: "The treasurer will disburse the grant funds at the start of each quarter."
Common synonyms for disburse include distribute, dispense, expend.
Antonyms of disburse include collect, withhold.
Disburse is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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