How to Use defray in a Sentence

defray

verb
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  • This will defray the costs.
  • The team tries to defray the costs through fundraising throughout the year.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Payments can be used to help defray the cost of child care.
    — Etta Money, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • Attendees will spend $125 to help defray the costs of the trip, which includes the bus rental.
    — al, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Some cards even offer a sign-up bonus that can defray a vet bill.
    — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Of course, one good way to defray the cost of a hospital stay is to buy a Medigap plan.
    — Maurie Backman, USA TODAY, 30 June 2024
  • Yet, many have options to defray the full upfront cost.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2023
  • That said, there is one way to help defray the cost of those replacement parts: sending the old ones back.
    — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Does your car have trade-in value that would help defray the cost of a replacement?
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2022
  • States receive federal funds to defray the cost of in-home care for the poor and ill or disabled.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 July 2018
  • Thus, domestic cheeses may inch up in price to defray the big jump in some costs to consumers.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019
  • He’s also raised starting wages above $20 an hour and offered stipends to help defray the cost of gas.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Proceeds from the cook-off help to defray the cost of the annual July Fourth fireworks off the OB pier.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2019
  • Help defray the cost by renting out your swimming pool.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022
  • All proceeds will go to defray costs of sending me to Japan to cover the 2020 Summer Olympics.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Proceeds will be used to help defray costs for new sound equipment.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Netflix's number is more than three times that - without any ads to defray the cost.
    — Steven Zeitchik, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • For the first time in 20 years, admission will be charged to defray the costs of putting on the festival and boost the scholarship fund.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
  • The university agreed to put $2.5 million into a trust to help defray the costs of the new center.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2020
  • And some states may use state or federal money to defray some or all of the cost for students.
    — The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Cruise hoped to defray its costs by collecting fares from riders in more and more cities.
    — Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Sponsors will help defray costs of the Elgin race, Thompson said.
    — Mike Danahey, Elgin Courier-News, 30 May 2017
  • The club holds numerous fundraisers throughout the year to help defray some of the costs of its productions.
    — Katie V. Jones, Howard County Times, 6 Apr. 2018
  • And if patient payments can help defray the costs of research, more such trials can be done.
    — Sharon Begley, STAT, 14 May 2020
  • You will also be enrolled in the extra help program, to defray drug costs.
    — Liz Seegert, Fortune Well, 11 July 2023
  • But so were many of their staffers, who had to hire lawyers themselves (the Clintons later raised money to help defray aides' bills).
    — Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News, 27 May 2017
  • The rules also call for a $1 million bond from each sturgeon farm to help the state defray the costs of responding to fish escapes.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Prison inmates have been making things in Maine since the 1800s, when selling sleighs and wagons helped defray costs.
    — CBS News, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Washington assembled a huge military coalition to oust him, but Tokyo refused to send troops, paying $13 billion instead to help defray the costs.
    — Michael Auslin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016
  • The family has started a GoFundMe effort to help defray costs of transporting Hidalgo’s body.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024

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