Defray

[De*fray·]

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.

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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

De*fray" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defrayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Defraying.] [F. d'82frayer; pref. d'82- (L. de or dis-) + frais expense, fr. LL. fredum, fridum, expense, fine by which an offender obtained peace from his sovereign, or more likely, atoned for an offense against the public peace, fr. OHG. fridu peace, G. friede. See Affray.] 1. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much.
2. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [Obs.] Spenser.

To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.

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