noun
Meaning 1
The act of disbursing money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
disbursal
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UK: [dɪsˈbɜːsəɫ]
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homophone: dispersal
noun
Meaning 2
The amount of money paid for something, especially the amount that may be tax-deductible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the act of spending or disbursing money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spending, disbursement, outlay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: payment, defrayal, defrayment
Narrower terms: expending, expenditure, deficit spending, compensatory spending, pump priming
noun
Meaning 4
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expense, disbursement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cost
Narrower terms: business expense, trade expense, interest expense, lobbying expense, medical expense, non-cash expense, moving expense, operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget items, personal expense
History
Etymology
See disburse.