(v. t.) To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury\.

administer budget cost cost out deal deal out dispense disperse dispose distribute dole dole out expend fork out give give out go through incur costs invest issue lay lay out measure out mete mete out open the purse outlay parcel out partition pass around pay pay out portion out put out run through schedule shell out sink money in spend splurge spoon out squander throw money around