disbursement
n.
expenditure, payment; scattering, sending out
disbursement
Noun
1. amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
(synonym) expense, disbursal
(hypernym) cost
(hyponym) business expense, trade expense
(derivation) disburse, pay out
2. the act of spending or disbursing money
(synonym) spending, disbursal, outlay
(hypernym) payment, defrayal, defrayment
(hyponym) expending, expenditure
(derivation) disburse, pay out
Disbursement
(n.)
The act of disbursing or paying out.
(n.)
That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Miscellaneous expenses other than lawyer fees and court costs (i.e. filing fees) which paid on behalf of another person and for which reimbursement will eventually be demanded of that person. - (
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Disbursements
Literally, to take money out of a purse. Figuratively, to pay out money; to expend money; and sometimes it signifies to advance money.
A master of a ship makes disbursements, whether with his own money or that of the owner, when he defrays expenses for the ship.
An executor, guardian, trustee, or other accountant, is said to have made disbursements when he expended money on account of the estate which he holds. These, when properly made, are always allowed in the settlement of the accounts.
Legal expenses that a lawyer passes on to a client, such as for photocopying, overnight mail and messenger services.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
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