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Money finally leaving the building, officially, on purpose, with paperwork to prove it.
means The act of paying out money from a fund, account, or treasury — the actual release of cash, not just the promise of it.
from From French 'desbourser,' built from 'des-' (undoing, removing) plus 'bourse' (purse) — literally 'to take out of the purse.' 'Bourse' itself traces back to Latin 'bursa,' meaning a leather bag or pouch. So the word has always meant exactly what it means now: unpacking money from where it was kept, often with some formality attached since purses, unlike pockets, needed deliberate opening.
- vs payment
- payment is yours, disbursement is spending someone else's
- root
- from french debourser, to unpurse
- finance world
- loans get disbursed, not just approved
- bureaucracy tell
- the step everyone waits on anxiously