Disburse vs. Reimburse

Disburseverb

(finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.

Disburseverb

To pay out; to expend; - usually from a public fund or treasury.

Disburseverb

pay out

Reimburseverb

To compensate with payment; especially, to repay money spent on one's behalf.

Reimburseverb

To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.

Reimburseverb

To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; - often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation.

Reimburseverb

pay back for some expense incurred;

Reimburseverb

reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss