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defray

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6 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈfɹeɪ/Part of speech verbSorted adefryStarts with DEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. bear the expenses of

Word origin

From Middle French desfrayer, French défrayer, from dé- + Old French fraier (“to spend”).

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  • The expenses of the war, while in progress, were defrayed by executing rich men and confiscating their property.
  • Investors, meanwhile, got back a fraction of their money. Some say Mr Meinl’s €100m bail, paid by a source in Liechtenstein, should be used to defray their losses.
  • In order to help defray the substantial costs involved, they then raised revenue through taking advertisements.

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