0 past simple and past participle of defray
1 (especially of an organization) to pay the cost of something:
Much of this expenditure was defrayed by means of increasing tax burdens on single people and childless couples.
The wear and tear caused by motorists on the roads should be defrayed out of the tax levied upon them.
All parties interested will be entitled to be represented, the expenses being defrayed out of public funds.
Expenditure on vehicles and other equipment is defrayed from the local police fund.
The capital expenditure of local education authorities is, as a rule, defrayed from loans.
The expense of such examination is in most cases defrayed by the local authorities.
During that year the gross expenditure by local authorities, including expenditure defrayed out of loans but excluding loan charges, was £58,798,707.
Expenditure by local education authorities upon the building of elementary schools is, as a rule, defrayed from loans.
