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A kind of bazaar. [Obs.] She says she went to the burse for patterns. Old Play.

To disburse. [Obs.] Ludlow.

To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury. The duty of collecting and disbursing his revenues. Macaulay. Disbursing officer, an officer in any department of the public service who is charged with the duty of paying out public money.

The act of disbursing or paying out. The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes.

One who disburses money.

To furnish with money; to imburse. [Obs.]

To supply or stock with money. [Obs.]

The act of imbursing, or the state of being imbursed. [Obs.]

To disburse anew; to give, or pay, back. Spenser.

or what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.

The act reimbursing. A. Hamilton.

One who reimburses.

That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short. I can give the boy a handsome allowance. Thackeray.…

To settle or adjust an account. Let Hocus audit; he knows how the money was disbursed. Arbuthnot.

A birch-bark canoe. Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera) of turpentine tree. -- Birch partridge. (Zoöl.) See Ruffed grouse. -- Birch wine, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. -- Oil of birch. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of…

reduction in price for cash. Cash account (Bookkeeping), an account of money received, disbursed, and on hand. -- Cash boy, in large retail stores, a messenger who carries the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returns the proper change. [Colloq.] -- Cash credit, an account with a bank by…

To disburse. [Obs.] Shak.

regulation and government of household matters; especially as they concern expense or disbursement; as, a careful economy. Himself busy in charge of the household economies. Froude.

To pay out or disburse money. They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. Macaulay .

A disburser; especially, one of the disbursers of taxes for the repair of sewers. Mozley & W.