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Meaning of DISBURSEMENT

Pronunciation:  dis'bursmunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of spending or disbursing money
  2. [n]  amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
 
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 Synonyms: disbursal, disbursal, expense, outlay, spending
 
 See Also: budget items, business expense, compensatory spending, cost, deficit spending, defrayal, defrayment, expending, expenditure, interest expense, lobbying expense, medical expense, moving expense, operating cost, operating expense, overhead, payment, personal expense, pump priming, trade expense

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Dis*burse"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]boursement.]
1. The act of disbursing or paying out.
         The disbursement of the public moneys. --U. S.
                                               Statutes.
2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual
   disbursements exceed the income.
 

 

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