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Disburse | disˈbərs | verb [with object] pay out (money from a fund): $67 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed. DERIVATIVES disbursal | -səl | noun disburser noun ORIGIN mid 16th century: from Old French desbourser, from des- (expressing removal) + bourse ‘purse’.

| niCH, nēSH | noun1 a shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament. 2 (one's niche) a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment: he is now a partner at a leading law firm and feels he has found his niche. • Ecology a position or role taken by a kind of organism within its community. Such a position may be occupied by different organisms in different localities, e.g., antelopes in Africa and kangaroos in Australia. 3 a specialized segment of the market for a particular kind of product or service: he believes he has found a niche in the market | smaller cooperatives must find and develop a niche for their speciality product. adjective denoting or relating to products, services, or interests that appeal to a small, specialized section of the population: other companies in this space had to adapt to being niche players | a niche show that ran on late-night television | the video game industry is no longer niche. verb [with object] place or position (something) in a niche. ORIGIN early 17th century: from French, literally ‘recess’, from nicher ‘make a nest’, based on Latin nidus ‘nest’.

(Andy Ruffett)

Dither | ˈdiT͟Hər | verb 1 [no object] be indecisive: he was dithering about the election date. 2 [with object] add white noise to (a digital recording) to reduce distortion of low-amplitude signals. • display or print (a color image) in such a way that there appears to be more colors in it than are really available: (as adjective dithered) :  dithered bitmaps. noun 1 informal indecisive behavior: after months of dither they had still not agreed. 2 [in singular] a state of agitation: buses are jammed and dirty and everyone is in a dither over taxis. DERIVATIVES ditherer | ˈdiT͟H(ə)rər | noun dithery | ˈdiT͟H(ə)rē | adjective ORIGIN mid 17th century (in the dialect sense ‘tremble, quiver’): variant of dialect didder; related to dodder1.

(Andy Ruffett)

adjective lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy: a lackadaisical defence left the Spurs adrift in the second half. DERIVATIVES lackadaisically | ˌlakəˈdāzik(ə)lē | adverb ORIGIN mid 18th century (also in the sense ‘feebly sentimental’): from lackaday or its obsolete extended form lackadaisy.

Thank you Urban Dictionary for that fabulous definition! With writes, -Andy Ruffett