as in paid
somewhat formal
to provide money for (something)
This will defray the costs.
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So, Castle acquired the rights to Ira Levin's novel, and Paramount Pictures paid Castle a handsome sum to produce Rosemary's Baby.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025 -
Faced with hunger, instability, and salaries that weren’t paid for months, men and women responded differently.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Caravel’s biotechnology is rooted in research originally funded by the Department of Energy and conducted by Nicks at Tufts University.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Oct. 2025
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Figures are net of revenue sharing that transferred roughly $400 million to low-revenue teams last year, funded by high-revenue teams and 50% of luxury tax proceeds.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Its politics tend to be a battle between center-left and progressive factions, subsidized by the stratospheric wealth of policy-shaping tech and real-estate billionaires.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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His schooling was subsidized by the government and came with a commitment to work for a few years for Iranian state TV channels.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Stuckmann is a movie reviewer and personality on YouTube with more than 2 million subscribers who worked on getting the film made for years and financed it through a Kickstarter campaign.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Trade-in buyers with negative equity financed $11,164 more than the typical new car buyer.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Defrayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defrayed. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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