as in to pay
somewhat formal
to provide money for (something)
This will defray the costs.
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Recent Examples of defray
And in a way, those funds are actually defraying additional funds for direct costs that the federal government might have had to provide to do the same research.
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Taylor Haney, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
That bump defrayed worries over declining iPhone sales, which not only missed LSEG estimates by the largest margin in two years but were also lower compared with a year earlier because of weakness in the Greater China market.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
In addition to the buyouts, the resignation of Moog, a Chicago tech entrepreneur who was elevated from interim to permanent CEO of Chicago Public Media in 2021, may help defray costs going forward.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
At the University of Chicago, each participant is given $10,000 in the form of a stipend to defray tuition costs and living expenses.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Taylor Haney, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
That bump defrayed worries over declining iPhone sales, which not only missed LSEG estimates by the largest margin in two years but were also lower compared with a year earlier because of weakness in the Greater China market.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
In addition to the buyouts, the resignation of Moog, a Chicago tech entrepreneur who was elevated from interim to permanent CEO of Chicago Public Media in 2021, may help defray costs going forward.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
At the University of Chicago, each participant is given $10,000 in the form of a stipend to defray tuition costs and living expenses.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defray
Verb
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Now, families are paying the price with skyrocketing egg and grocery costs because of Donald Trump.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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With money from the PAC, Hollander paid the candidates’ filing fees.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The fastest way to Make America Healthy Again is to encourage balanced diets and stop subsidizing unhealthy food choices.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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China is subsidizing the production of fentanyl, maximum subsidy available in China to make the ingredients to kill Americans.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Senate also voted to reverse the cuts following the vote to keep the government funded, but the measure still must be taken up by the House.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
14 Mar. 2025
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That included the claim that too much grant money was going to fund Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs and that federal dollars were spent to make mice transgender, the latter of which has been fact checked as false.—
Nora O’Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Convergence Entertainment will produce and fully finance Wall of White, a narrative adaptation of the documentary by Jared Drake and Steven Sig.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
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The charges also alleged Inzunza financed and ran the cartel’s security arm, known as Los Chimales.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Defray.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defray. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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