disbursement
/dɪsˈbɜːsmənt/
/-ˈbɝːsmənt/ noun [C or U] FINANCEDefinition
› a large payment of money, for example, from a bank, organization, or government, or the act of making such a payment: Among the disbursements were hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to political consultants. the disbursement of funds/money/loans FEMA announced the disbursement of $388 million in housing grants to states affected by the storm.
(Definition of disbursement noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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