Defray
verb
To pay for something, especially a cost or expense.
The company will defray all the expenses related to the business trip.
Often appears as...
- defray expenses
- defray costs
verb
To pay for something, especially a cost or expense.
The company will defray all the expenses related to the business trip.
Often appears as...
- defray expenses
- defray costs
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Context
Used when discussing financial responsibilities, not personal ones.
The grant helped to defray the research expenses.
Pro Tip 2/3Partial Payment
It can imply paying part of the cost while the rest is paid by others.
Scholarships might only defray some of your educational costs.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Usage
The term 'defray' is formal and mostly seen in written, finance-related contexts.
We're seeking sponsors to defray the event's costs.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Context
Used when discussing financial responsibilities, not personal ones.
The grant helped to defray the research expenses.
Pro Tip 2/3Partial Payment
It can imply paying part of the cost while the rest is paid by others.
Scholarships might only defray some of your educational costs.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Usage
The term 'defray' is formal and mostly seen in written, finance-related contexts.
We're seeking sponsors to defray the event's costs.
Pro Tip 1/3Financial Context
Used when discussing financial responsibilities, not personal ones.
The grant helped to defray the research expenses.
Pro Tip 2/3Partial Payment
It can imply paying part of the cost while the rest is paid by others.
Scholarships might only defray some of your educational costs.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Usage
The term 'defray' is formal and mostly seen in written, finance-related contexts.
We're seeking sponsors to defray the event's costs.
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Video examples
Military robots and the...
more marketization of wars, more shock-and-awe talk, to defray discussion of the costs. People are more likely to support the use of force if they view it as costless." Robots for me take certain trends that are already in play in our body politic,
Video examples
How nature engages your...
so could nature imagery maybe help defray that growing deficit and if so how well we know from fMRI studies that measure blood flow to the brain but there's a particular region of the brain that processes scenes and scenery
Video examples
Military robots and the...
more marketization of wars, more shock-and-awe talk, to defray discussion of the costs. People are more likely to support the use of force if they view it as costless." Robots for me take certain trends that are already in play in our body politic,
Video examples
How nature engages your...
so could nature imagery maybe help defray that growing deficit and if so how well we know from fMRI studies that measure blood flow to the brain but there's a particular region of the brain that processes scenes and scenery
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Jim Gerlach
American Politician
Low-income seniors who choose to enroll in a drug discount plan will receive $600 of Federal assistance in 2004 and 2005 to further defray the costs of their medications.
Quote examples
Jim Gerlach
American Politician
Low-income seniors who choose to enroll in a drug discount plan will receive $600 of Federal assistance in 2004 and 2005 to further defray the costs of their medications.
Example 1 of 1
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