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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Desembolsar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deh-sem-bol-sar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disburse/dɪsˈbɜːrs/
verbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14200 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La organización desembolsó fondos para apoyar proyectos comunitarios."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To pay out money from a fund.

    "The organization disbursed funds to support local community projects."
  2. 2

    To distribute or allocate money for a specific purpose.

    "The government disbursed grants to various educational institutions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French 'desbourser', combining the prefix 'des-' (meaning out, apart) and 'bourse' (meaning purse or bag), originating from Late Latin 'bursa'. It entered the English language in the late 15th century, retaining its literal and financial sense of taking money out of a purse to pay for something.

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