Definizione monolingua

defray

defray (third-person singular simple present defrays, present participle defraying, simple past and past participle defrayed)

1. (obsolete) To spend (money).
2. To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.29:

     The expenses of the war, while in progress, were defrayed by executing rich men and confiscating their property.

   • 2009, ‘A Viennese grind’, The Economist, 30 Jul 2009:

     Investors, meanwhile, got back a fraction of their money. Some say Mr Meinl’s €100m bail, paid by a source in Liechtenstein, should be used to defray their losses.

   • 2010, Roy Greenslade, The Guardian, 9 Dec 2010:

     In order to help defray the substantial costs involved, they then raised revenue through taking advertisements.

3. (now rare) To pay for (something).

Definizione dizionario defray

pagare

sostenere le spese

Altri significati:

To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath.

To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.