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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To pay out, as from a fund; expend. See Synonyms at spend.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To pay out, as money; spend or lay out; expend.
  2. n. A payment or disbursement.

Wiktionary

  1. v. finance To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. expend, as from a fund

Etymologies

  1. From Old French desbourser (modern: débourser). Equivalent to dis- + burse ("purse"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Obsolete French desbourser, from Old French desborser : des-, dis- + borse, purse (from Late Latin bursa; see bursa). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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