defraying

Meanings

• the act of spreading or distributing costs, expenses, or burdens among several parties; offsetting or neutralizing the financial impact of an expense or loss

  - "The company defrayed its research costs by partnering with universities."
  - "The government defrayed the cost of rebuilding infrastructure after a natural disaster by providing tax incentives to private companies."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with defraying
away , bray , delay , gray , ray , stray , stray , sway

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. defray () :
   

2. defer () :
   

3. deferred () :
   

4. deferential () :
   

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Variants

List of all variants of defraying that leads to same result
defray , defrayable , defrayal , defrayals , defrayed , defraying , defrays

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The term defray comes from the Middle English word defragen, which means to spread or distribute (costs or expenses) among several parties.

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