单词 | disbursement |
释义 | disbursement (once / 7125 pages) n 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." WORD FAMILYdisbursement: disbursements+/disbursal: disbursals/disburse: disbursal, disbursed, disbursement, disburser, disburses, disbursing/disburser: disbursers USAGE EXAMPLESSheets was accused of improper disbursements, including repeated use of a county gas card for personal use. Washington Times(Dec 22, 2016) Stockgrowers Executive Director Silvia Christen says disbursements will be based on criteria including fence and grazing losses. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable and Vanguard Charitable all offer donor-advised funds, which hold and manage funds designated for future disbursement to charitable organizations. Wall Street Journal(Dec 12, 2016) 1n the act of spending or disbursing money Syn|Hypo|Hyper disbursal, outlay, spending expending, expenditure the act of spending money for goods or services compensatory spending, deficit spending, pump primingspending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy defrayal, defrayment, payment the act of paying money 2n amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) Syn|Hypo|Hyper disbursal, expense business expense, trade expense ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade interest expenseinterest paid on loans lobbying expenseexpenses incurred in promoting or evaluating legislation medical expenseamount spent for diagnosis or treatment or prevention of medical problems non-cash expensean expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash moving expensethe cost of moving your residence from one location to another budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overheadthe 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 expensethe cost of personal or family living organization expensethe cost (over a period of five years) of organizing a new corporation or partnership promotional expensethe cost of promoting a product depreciation, wear and teardecrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use cost the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor |
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