According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
DISBURSEMENT
spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlay
(noun) the act of spending or disbursing money
expense, disbursal, disbursement
(noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
disbursement (countable and uncountable, plural disbursements)
The act, instance, or process of disbursing.
Money paid out or spent.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*burse"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. déboursement.]
1. The act of disbursing or paying out. The disbursement of the public moneys. U. S. Statutes.
2. That which is disbursed or paid out; as, the annual disbursements exceed the income.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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