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n. - The act of spending or handing out money; Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures).

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  • We're giving tons of other stuff away to a charity disbursal store.
  • We monitor their activity there and have seen the kind of disbursal.
  • Q Is Arafat seeking additional money or acceleration of the disbursal of --
  • Needy homeowners are still waiting for the disbursal of billions in reconstruction aid.
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  • The "dispersal" (the act of scattering or separating) of employees made the "disbursal" (the act of paying out) of paychecks difficult.
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