defrayed
Meaning of defrayed
verb, past tense
- provide money to pay (a cost or expense).
the proceeds from the raffle help to defray the expenses of the evening
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘spend money’): from French défrayer, from dé- (expressing removal) + obsolete frai ‘cost, expenses’ (from medieval Latin fredum ‘a fine for breach of the peace’).
Information about defrayed
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Hyphenation of defrayed
de-frayed
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- defrayed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
defrayed synonyms
Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone):
Meaning make square or rectangular; give a square or rectangular cross section to:
Meaning pay (a debt or account):
Meaning discharge (a debt):
Meaning pay off (a debt):
Anagrams of defrayed
Words that rhyme with defrayed
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