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defray

verb
/dɪˈfɹeɪ/CA/dɪˈfɹæɪ/

Etymology

From Middle French desfrayer, French défrayer, from dé- + Old French fraier (“to spend”).

  1. derived from fraier — “to spend”
  2. derived from défrayer
  3. derived from desfrayer

Definitions

  1. To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.)

    To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).

    • The expenses of the war, while in progress, were defrayed by executing rich men and confiscating their property.
    • Investors, meanwhile, got back a fraction of their money. Some say Mr Meinl’s €100m bail, paid by a source in Liechtenstein, should be used to defray their losses.
    • In order to help defray the substantial costs involved, they then raised revenue through taking advertisements.

  2. To pay for (something).

  3. To spend (money).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA