The correct answer is (A) To pay out (money); to expend, to defray (expenses); to distribute or scatter; to give away.

Disburse comes from Old French disborser, desbourser, disbourser, from dis + bourse (out of the purse).

Examples of use:

• The paymaster disbursed the weekly pay envelopes.
• The machine disburses one cup at a time.