DEFRAYING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

defraying

verb

present participle of defray

as in paying

somewhat formal to provide money for (something) This will defray the costs.

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defunding

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Recent Examples of defraying Surcharges that California homeowners have been hit with statewide by insurers defraying the costs of Los Angeles County’s wildfires were ruled legal in a decision released late Tuesday. — Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 The board is not allowed to collect money that is not connected to defraying an actual cost. — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026 Selling naming rights is an integral part of defraying the costs of a new stadium, which is being built without any taxpayer funding. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026

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New homebuyers are paying 7% on their mortgages, and other loans are even more expensive.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
In a lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Baker-Mazara alleged that Musselman kicked him off the team in an effort to avoid paying him the remainder of his name, image and likeness contract with the school.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of paying

Verb

The proposal is a significant departure from the original fund idea, which was created in the 1990s to help low-income parents remain active in the workforce by subsidizing childcare.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026
No one considers states subsidizing Tom Cruise’s salary an attempt to save good-paying middle-class jobs, like a grip or focus puller.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of subsidizing

Verb

Harris spoke about Parton’s impact beyond music, which included opening Dollywood, funding research for the COVID-19 vaccine, her Imagination Library, and creating a relief fund for the wildfires that devastated Tennessee a decade before.

— Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
But the plan without funding details has divided her party and could be a problem when parliament reconvenes in October.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of funding

Verb

The approval follows a group of Democratic lawmakers in March sounding the alarm about foreign investors financing the merger.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
The increase in the rate since then, of nearly 1 percentage point, translates roughly into an additional $255 monthly cost for a borrower financing a $400,000 home loan at the current average rate.

— Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of financing

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