Defray



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.付款
• ［英］ v.付款 ( provide for the payment of)
• ［例］ My father has to defray my education.

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle French deffroyer, from des- de- + frayer to expend, from Old French, from frais, plural of fret, frait expenditure, literally, damage by breaking, from Latin fractum, neuter of fractus, past participle of frangere to break — more at break
• Date: 1536
• 1. to provide for the payment of ; pay
• 2. archaic to bear the expenses of
• ? defrayable adjective
• ? defrayal noun

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