defray
VerbUS[dih-frey]/dɪˈfreɪ/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (1)defrayed, defraying
- bear the expenses ofMore general pay
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De·fray′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Defrayed; present participle & verbal noun Defraying.]
Origin: F. défrayer; pref. dé- (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.— James Usher
2. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. obsolete Edmund Spenser
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54