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defrayal

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de⋅fray⋅al

[di-frey-uhl]
–noun
payment of some or all charges or expenses.
Also, de⋅fray⋅ment.


Origin:
1810–20; defray + -al 2
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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.
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