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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1574-1576, 1650
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Debursar, -er, n. [f. Deburs,v.] A payer, disburser. 1574 Edinb. B. Rec. IV. 17.
To … pay to the saidis debursaris … the sovme of ane hundreth merkis yeirlie 1576 Reg. Privy C. II. 511.
Appointit … as thesaurare, ressavare and debursare for the said haill cumpany 1576 Ib. 545.
The debursaris and avancearis of the said money c1650 Spalding I. 249.
The samen salbe allowit to the persones deburseris, or from whome the samen war taken
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