Defray Definition

dĭ-frā
defrays
verb
To pay or furnish the money for (the cost or expenses)
Webster's New World

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

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Origin of Defray

  • French défrayer from Old French desfrayer des- de- frai expense (from Latin frāctum) (from) (neuter past participle of frangere to break bhreg- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Defray Sentence Examples

  • Manual labour was adopted at first as a means for students to defray their college expenses.

  • When a change of residence became necessary to enable the peasant to take up the new allotment, the state advanced £6 to each family to defray expenses.

  • Each adoption requires a donation to help defray the costs.

  • This does not quite defray the interest on the cost of their construction and equipment, inasmuch as it barely comes to 31% thereon, but rates and fares are deliberately kept low to encourage settlement and communication.

  • Part time jobs can help defray the cost, and shopping outside the mall can help as well.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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