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defrayal

[dih-frey-uhl]

noun

payment of some or all charges or expenses.

Also, de·fray·ment.

Origin:
1810–20; defray + -al²

Related forms

pre·de·fray·al, adjective

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defray (dɪˈfreɪ)

—vb
	(tr) to furnish or provide money for (costs, expenses, etc); pay

[C16: from Old French deffroier to pay expenses, from de-dis-¹ + frai expenditure, originally: cost incurred through breaking something, from Latin frangere to break]

de'frayable

—*adj*

de'frayal

—n

de'frayment

—n

de'frayer

—n

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