[di-frey] 
| to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.): The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip. |
| de·fray (dĭ-frā') tr.v. de·frayed, de·fray·ing, de·frays To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay. [French défrayer, from Old French desfrayer : des-, de- + *frai, expense (from Latin frāctum, from neuter past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots).] de·fray'a·ble adj., de·fray'al n. |
