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disburse
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bursa-, burso-, burs-
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dis-, di-, dif-
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disburse, disperse
disburse (dis BURS) (verb)
To pay out or to expend: Our cashier will disburse several thousand dollars later today.
The accounting department is scheduled to disburse Grover's travel expenses next week.
disperse (di SPURS) (verb)
To scatter something: The street department is scheduled to disperse the road salt as soon as some of the snow is removed.
Right after the company will disburse the weekly wages, the workers plan to quickly disperse so they can get home before the thunderstorm starts.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group D; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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