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defrayed

defrayed is the simple past and past participle of defray.

Meaning of defray

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
    • The expenses of the war, while in progress, were defrayed by executing rich men and confiscating their property.1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.29
    Synonyms:
    finance, fray, offset
  2. (archaic, transitive) To pay for (something).
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To spend (money).

Words formed from defrayed

Questions about defrayed

What is defrayed the simple past and past participle of?
Defrayed is the simple past and past participle of defray.

Words near defrayed in the dictionary

  1. defrauds
  2. defray
  3. defrayable
  4. defrayal
  5. defrayals
  6. defrayed
  7. defrayer
  8. defrayers
  9. defraying
  10. defrayment
  11. defrayments

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