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disbursement
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of DISBURSEMENT
1
a payment made in the course of achieving a result <substantial disbursements for research and development>
2
the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services <the disbursement of the foundation's funds to several cancer research centers>
Related Words rendering, tendering; reimbursement, repayment; paying off, paying up, prepayment; overpayment
Near Antonyms underpayment
Antonyms nonpayment
3
the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group <the agency whose responsibilities included the disbursement of strains of the virus to medical research labs around the country>
Synonyms admeasurement, allocation, allotment, apportionment, disbursement, dispensation, division, issuance
Related Words reallocation, reapportionment, redistribution, redivision, repartition; division, partition, separation
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