The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disbursing officer
Disburse \Dis*burse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disbursed; p. pr. & vb. n. Disbursing.] [OF. desbourser, F. d['e]bourser; pref. des- (L. dis-) + bourse purse. See Burse, and cf. Dispurse.] 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.
Usage examples of "disbursing officer".
Colonel Zane, who had been a disbursing officer in the army of Lord Dunmore, where he had attained the rank of Colonel, visited Fort Pitt during the summer in the hope of increasing the number of soldiers in his garrison.