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disbursement noun Disbursement was minted in English in the late 16th century by melding the noun suffix -ment with the verb disburse. Disburse is a borrowing of the Middle French desbourser, which traces back to the Old French desborser, a combination of the negating prefix des- (equivalent to the English dis-) and borse, which, like its English cognate purse, ultimately traces back to the Medieval Latin bursa, meaning "money bag" and, in earlier Latin usage, "oxhide." During the 16th and 17th centuries, deburse, depurse, and dispurse were deposited in the English language bank as synonyms of disburse. Deburse and depurse were also used respectively to form debursement and depursement—but these synonyms of disburse and disbursement all quickly declined in value and were never redeemed. : the act of paying out money especially from a fund : the act of disbursing; also : funds paid out

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May 30, 2019 diss-BERSS-munt Stephanie receives a monthly disbursement from her parents' trust fund."The bank expanded the reach of its digital disbursements product by teaming up with PayPal." — The Banker, 1 Oct. 2018

Word	disbursement
Date	May 30, 2019
Type	noun
Syllables	diss-BERSS-munt
Etymology	Disbursement was minted in English in the late 16th century by melding the noun suffix -ment with the verb disburse. Disburse is a borrowing of the Middle French desbourser, which traces back to the Old French desborser, a combination of the negating prefix des- (equivalent to the English dis-) and borse, which, like its English cognate purse, ultimately traces back to the Medieval Latin bursa, meaning "money bag" and, in earlier Latin usage, "oxhide." During the 16th and 17th centuries, deburse, depurse, and dispurse were deposited in the English language bank as synonyms of disburse. Deburse and depurse were also used respectively to form debursement and depursement—but these synonyms of disburse and disbursement all quickly declined in value and were never redeemed.
Examples	Stephanie receives a monthly disbursement from her parents' trust fund. "The bank expanded the reach of its digital disbursements product by teaming up with PayPal." — The Banker, 1 Oct. 2018
Definition	: the act of paying out money especially from a fund : the act of disbursing; also : funds paid out

Disbursement English Noun 16th Disburse French Traces Back