Definition of defray

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de·fray    (d-fr) KEY  

TRANSITIVE VERB:
de·frayed , de·fray·ing , de·frays

To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French défrayer, from Old French desfrayer : des-, de- + *frai, expense (from Latin frctum, from neuter past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots)

OTHER FORMS:
de·fraya·ble (Adjective), de·frayal (Noun)

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