Thesaurus: defray

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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. 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. Usher. 2. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [Obs.] Spenser.
5. v:100 v. bear the expenses of