defray
(verb) bear the expenses of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
defray (third-person singular simple present defrays, present participle defraying, simple past and past participle defrayed)
(obsolete) To spend (money).
To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
(now rare) To pay for (something).
• fedary, frayed
Source: Wiktionary
De*fray", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defrayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Defraying.] Etym: [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. Usher.
2. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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