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The phrase "afford to disburse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the ability or capacity to allocate or distribute funds or resources.
Example: "Before we proceed with the project, we need to ensure that we can afford to disburse the necessary funds for its completion."
Alternatives: "able to allocate" or "capable of distributing".
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He wrote, "That Magazines can live, and not only live but thrive, and not only thrive but afford to disburse money for original contributions, are facts which can only be solved, under the circumstances, by the really fanciful but still agreeable supposition, that there is somewhere still existing an ember not altogether quenched among the fires of good feeling for letters and literary men".
The other half of the picture is that corporations are so flush with profits that they can afford to disburse them to shareholders.
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He could afford to.
I can afford to".
We can't afford to.
She can afford to relax.
Bruce could afford to laugh.
Morizo cannot afford to lose.
We cannot afford to fail.
"I cannot afford to, morally".
They can afford to be.
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