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Definition
to contribute to or pay the expenses of something
- As to reward, my profession is its own reward; but you are at liberty to defray whatever expenses I may be put to, at the time which suits you best.Adventure VIII — The Adventure of the Speckled Band (11% in)
There are no more uses of "defray" in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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