Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of defraying; payment, as of a charge or costs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Payment of charges.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
payment ofcharges .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of paying money
Etymologies
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Examples
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Able specialists are ready to serve the national interests in such capacity without personal profit or other compensation than the defrayment of expenses actually incurred, and this a comparatively small annual appropriation would suffice to meet.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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The little hoard that by the sharpest economy the frugal girl had contrived to save from her earnings was placed in the doctor's hands without reserve, to be appropriated, first to the purchase of an outfit, and next to the defrayment of the general expenses of the campaign.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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Let the traitor pay with his lifes defrayment that which he attempted with so lascivious a desire.
The Fourth Book. VII. Wherein Is Prosecuted the History of the Curious-Impertinent 1909
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This entertainment, either through spite or through wanton extravagance, was turned by those to whom the management of it was assigned into a great occasion of feasting for all the inhabitants of the town; and for defrayment of the expenses thus incurred a claim for more than 1200_l. was afterwards made upon Lord Cochrane.
The Life of Thomas Lord Cochrane Cochrane, Thomas 1869
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Able specialists are ready to serve the national interests in such capacity without personal profit or other compensation than the defrayment of expenses actually incurred, and this a comparatively small annual appropriation would suffice to meet.
State of the Union Address Chester Alan Arthur 1858
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Business Champion also gathered that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, has directed the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to speed up defrayment of all outstanding subsidy claims submitted by the marketers in order to address their grouses about the deregulation process and win their support.
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Business Champion also gathered that the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, has directed the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to speed up defrayment of all outstanding subsidy claims submitted by the marketers in order to address their grouses about the deregulation process and win their support.
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Some insurance plans incorporate the benefits of specific defrayment of expenses during maternity or medical termination of pregnancy.
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A] This entertainment, either through spite or through wanton extravagance, was turned by those to whom the management of it was assigned into a great occasion of feasting for all the inhabitants of the town; and for defrayment of the expenses thus incurred a claim for more than 1200_l. _ was afterwards made upon Lord Cochrane.
The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B., Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Etc., Etc. Vol. I Thomas Barnes Cochrane Dundonald 1873
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