defray

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(dĭ-frā')

tr.v., -frayed, -fray·ing, -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).]

defrayable de·fray'a·ble adj.
defrayal de·fray'al n.

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Rhymes:

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afholde, dække

Nederlands (Dutch)
financieren

Français (French)
v. tr. - payer, rembourser

Deutsch (German)
v. - finanzieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (οικον.) εξοφλώ, καταβάλλω έξοδα, αποζημιώνω

Italiano (Italian)
rimborsare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - custear

Русский (Russian)
оплатить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sufragar, pagar, costear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bestrida, betala

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
支付, 支出

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 支付, 支出

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (비용을) 지불하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 支払う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدفع المبلغ المطلوب, يتحمل نفقات شئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שילם‬

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