If your mother says she will defray the cost of your next move, say thank you. She means she will take on some of the expenses for you.
To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
Verb
bear the expenses of
v. t.
To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide
for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
v. t.
To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as,
to defray wrath.
Defray
For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much.2.
To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
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