de·fray
verb/dɪˈfreɪ/
/dɪˈfreɪ/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they defray | /dɪˈfreɪ/ /dɪˈfreɪ/ |
| he / she / it defrays | /dɪˈfreɪz/ /dɪˈfreɪz/ |
| past simple defrayed | /dɪˈfreɪd/ /dɪˈfreɪd/ |
| past participle defrayed | /dɪˈfreɪd/ /dɪˈfreɪd/ |
| -ing form defraying | /dɪˈfreɪɪŋ/ /dɪˈfreɪɪŋ/ |
- defray costs/expenses to give somebody back the money that they have spent on something
支付，付给（已开支的款项） - $2 million of the capital reserve was used to defray the costs of rebuilding the factory.
资本公积金200万美元用于支付工厂重建费用。 - Proceeds from the raffle always help to defray the expenses of the annual dance.
卖彩票的收益总能帮助支付周年舞会的费用。 - While he was in prison his house and its furniture were sold to defray his debts.
当他在监狱里时，他的房子和家具被卖掉以偿还债务。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDefray is used with these nouns as the object:- cost
- expense
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘spend money’): from French défrayer, from dé- (expressing removal) + obsolete frai ‘cost, expenses’ (from medieval Latin fredum ‘a fine for breach of the peace’). - $2 million of the capital reserve was used to defray the costs of rebuilding the factory.