disbursing

verb

Definition of disbursingnext
present participle of disburse
as in paying
to hand over or use up in payment the foundation disburses money to many worthy causes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disbursing
  1. paying
  2. spending
  3. giving
Verb
  • A number of high-paying AI jobs are available, in and around large language models (LLMs) , product management, machine learning and more.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Rhonda Sutton, who worked for Jingle this year, shared online that the missing paycheck has left her worried about paying rent.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of paying
Verb
  • The Phillies will likely hold onto Bohm and as a result, will likely avoid spending $200 million on Bregman.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the explicitly and deliberately religious charter school is a state actor, and therefore cannot skirt the state’s constitutional rules against spending public education money for religious purposes.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of spending
Verb
  • Proud of coming into Week 18 and giving us a chance to compete for the playoffs.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Let’s reward Grier by giving him more power.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of giving
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Thesaurus Entries Near disbursing

disburses

disbursing

discard

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