拨付

撥付

bōfù

verb

Meanings

1 to disburse (funds)
2 to allocate and pay out (money)

Characters

to allocate; dial

Examples

中央财政已经拨付救灾资金五亿元。

Zhōngyāng cáizhèng yǐjīng bōfù jiùzāi zījīn wǔ yì yuán.

The central treasury has disbursed 500 million yuan in disaster-relief funds.

款项将在本月底拨付到位。

Kuǎnxiàng jiāng zài běn yuè dǐ bōfù dàowèi.

The funds will be disbursed in full by the end of this month.

Tips

register

Official/financial register — you'll see this in government budget announcements, not casual speech. For 'pay someone' in everyday life use 付 or 付钱. 拨 here means 'to allocate from a pool'.

Stroke Order

拨 bō

付 fù