defraying
Meaning of defraying
- 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 defraying
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of defraying
de-fray-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- defraying is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
defraying 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):
Words that rhyme with defraying
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