0 present participle of defray
1 (especially of an organization) to pay the cost of something:
A subscription was got up for defraying the expenses connected with the defence of some persons who had been charged.
That is merely for defraying the expenses of the council.
Such interest would be used for defraying the nominee's expenses.
There is also provision for agreement on the defraying of expenses which arise in the course of this work.
I would suggest that, rather than defraying the cost of computerisation, there are fundamental consumer protection reasons.
The court may award the whole or part of the fine to be paid for the defraying of expenses incurred in removing pollution.
The other type is the advances for defraying the expenses of the public services.
It raises between £800 million and £1 billion a year, but none of that goes to defraying the environmental costs of the aviation industry.
