发放 fāfàng to provide
to provide; to give; to grant
How to remember 发放: 发 send out + 放 put = to provide.
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How it is used
- To hand out/distribute/grant, usually by an authority - 发放工资 (fāfàng gōngzī) pay out wages, 发放贷款 (fāfàng dàikuǎn) grant loans, 发放补贴 (fāfàng bǔtiē) issue subsidies.
- Implies an official/institutional party dispensing money, goods, or documents to many recipients.
- Formal register; contrast plain 发 (fā, give out) and 分发 (fēnfā, distribute one by one).