imburse
verbEtymology
From Medieval Latin imbursāre, Late Latin imbursāre, from Latin im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’ usually affixed to verbs)) + bursa (“animal skin, oxhide; purse (usually made of leather or skin); supply of money, funds”) (from Ancient Greek βῠ́ρσᾰ (bŭ́rsă, “animal skin; skin stripped off a hide”)); analysable as im- + burse. The word is cognate with Old French enborser (modern French embourser), Italian imborsare, Spanish embolsar (“to bag”).
Definitions
To put into a purse
To put into a purse; to save, to store up.
To give money to, to pay
To give money to, to pay; to stock or supply with money.
- He had shed his blood for the Queen Isabella Segunda and her exemplary mamma, Marie Christina, on the arid plains of Catalonia; and the ungrateful Isabella had neglected to imburse him his large arrears of pay-pension and allowances; […]
To pay back money that is owed
To pay back money that is owed; to refund, to repay, to reimburse.
- Man can use fraud, which every conscience gnaws, / Against the man who doth in him confide; / And him who not to imburse his trust sees cause.
The neighborhood
- neighborbourse
- neighborbursa
- neighborbursar
- neighborbursary
- neighborburse
- neighbordisbursal
- neighbordisburse
- neighbordisbursement
- neighbordisburser
Derived
imbursement, reimbursable, reimburse, reimbursement, reimburser
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA