disbursement

/dɪsˈbʌrsmɪnt/

/dɪsˈbʌsmənt/

Other forms: disbursements

Disbursement means the payment of money from a fund or account. If the disbursement of paychecks at your job was delayed because your boss forgot to fill out some paperwork, you'd probably be furious.

Disbursement is a noun that describes the spending or distributing of money. Governments manage the disbursement of funds to various departments and groups. The word disbursement comes from the Old French word desbourser, "extract money from a purse," with bourse meaning "purse." Don't confuse disbursement with dispersement, which means "separating or scattering."

Definitions of disbursement

1. noun

   the act of spending or distributing money
   synonyms: disbursal, outlay, payout, spending

   types:

   expending, expenditure

   the act of spending money for goods or services

   compensatory spending, deficit spending, pump priming

   spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy

   type of:

   defrayal, defrayment, payment

   the act of paying money
2. noun

   amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
   synonyms: disbursal, expense

   types:

   business expense, trade expense

   ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade

   interest expense

   interest paid on loans

   lobbying expense

   expenses incurred in promoting or evaluating legislation

   medical expense

   amount spent for diagnosis or treatment or prevention of medical problems

   non-cash expense

   an expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash

   moving expense

   the cost of moving your residence from one location to another

   budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead

   the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes

   personal expense

   the cost of personal or family living

   organization expense

   the cost (over a period of five years) of organizing a new corporation or partnership

   promotional expense

   the cost of promoting a product

   depreciation, wear and tear

   decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use

   type of:

   cost

   the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor