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disbursal

disbursal

1 7.7
Paying out money from a fund
  • noun
  • /dɪsˈbɜrsl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desembolso
  • After the fundraising event, the disbursal of donations began promptly to support local charities.
  • loan disbursal

Examples

  • The committee is responsible for the fair disbursal of resources to ensure all communities benefit.

  • For a more accurate analysis, you have to look at the data from jurisdictions where payments are made to a central disbursal unit, as in Arizona.

    Blog text (12)
  • If the United States did not actually vote for the IMF loan disbursal and the loan disbursal was already set to be approved, why did the United States want to take credit for the loan approval?

    Academic text (2004)
  • If the United States did not actually vote for the IMF loan disbursal and the loan disbursal was already set to be approved, why did the United States want to take credit for the loan approval?

    Academic text (2004)
  • It is eminently possible that there could instead be laws regulating the disbursal.

    Blog text (8)
  • This results in delays in the disbursal and utilization of funds, especially at the Gram Panchayat level.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The record also allows us to compare how aid is used and disbursed in practice with its use and disbursal in theory, something which has forced proponents, if not practitioners, to be more realistic about what aid can accomplish.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Aid institutions would be in charge of determining what constitutes sufficient achievement for aid disbursal; proponents of the selectivity mission have been especially vague about the necessary criteria.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The disbursal of Pakistan's loan had been approved by the staff prior to September 11, Dawson argued, and "at no time was its approval a '50-50' proposition." (n18)

    Academic text (2004)
  • However, I argue that although only weak evidence of outright politicization and American interference in disbursing the final tranche of funds to Pakistan exists, the United States clearly wanted to take credit for the approval of Pakistan's loan disbursal.

    Academic text (2004)

Synonyms

spending
vsdisbursal
1.7

Money used to buy goods and services

tends to mean formal paying out from a fund rather than ordinary consumer payments
outlay
vsdisbursal
19 6.9

An amount of money spent on something

focuses on paying out or distributing money from a fund, not just amount spent
disbursement
vsdisbursal
  • Specialized
9 6.7

A payment of money from a fund or account

is the same meaning but uses -al ending not -ment
dispensation
vsdisbursal
2 7.7

A share of something given to a person or group

focuses on the act of paying out money rather than the distributed share itself
remission
vsdisbursal
  • Archaic
1 6.5

Money sent to someone in another place, often regularly to support family

is about distributing funds from a source rather than routine payments sent away
defrayment
vsdisbursal
  • Formal
9.8

Money given to pay costs for someone else

focuses on distributing money from a fund rather than just covering costs
defrayal
vsdisbursal
  • Formal
9.2

Money paid to cover costs such as travel or tuition fees

is about paying out from a fund or for services rather than only settling bills
remittal
vsdisbursal
  • Archaic
8.4

Sending money to another person as a payment

focuses on paying out from funds locally rather than sending money elsewhere

How Much

expenditure
114 5.6
grant
324 3.5
disbursal
  • Specialized
1 7.7
payout
48 3.4
payment
805 1.0

Surface Forms

disbursal singular
disbursals plural

Morphology

disbursal = disburse (transparent) = disburse + al

Formed by a standard nominalizing suffix '-al' on the verb 'disburse', meaning relating to the act of disbursing money.

Etymology

Disbursal comes from dis- ('away') and bursa ('purse'), and you can also see the same root in bursary (a scholarship). Think of money moving out of a purse — that's why a disbursal is the act of paying out money from a fund.