An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
DISBURSE
disburse, pay out
(verb) expend, as from a fund
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disburse (third-person singular simple present disburses, present participle disbursing, simple past and past participle disbursed)
(finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
Usage notes
• Do not confuse with disperse.
Synonyms
(to pay out): shell out (informal), cough up (informal), fork out (informal), fork over (informal)
Anagrams
• subsider
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*burse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbursed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbursing.] Etym: [OF. desbourser, F. débourser; pref. des- (L. dis- ) + bourse purse. See Burse, and cf. Dispurse.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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