All 3 Uses of
defray
in
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- He had gam'd, too, and lost his money, so that I was oblig'd to discharge his lodgings, and defray his expenses to and at Philadelphia, which prov'd extremely inconvenient to me.†
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- I then propos'd a lottery to defray the expense of building a battery below the town, and furnishing it with cannon.†
- Before we had the news of this defeat, the two Doctors Bond came to me with a subscription paper for raising money to defray the expense of a grand firework, which it was intended to exhibit at a rejoicing on receipt of the news of our taking Fort Duquesne.†
Definition:
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(defray) to contribute to or pay the expenses of something