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Thesaurus: defray

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

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  1. v. t. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
  2. v. t. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath.
  3. v. bear the expenses of
  4. v:100 v. bear the expenses of