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Some defrayed living expenses large and small — private school tuition, vehicle batteries, tires.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

She and her husband, a retired AT&T technician, eventually paid $7,000 out of their own pocket to fix their home, which was defrayed only in part by the check State Farm eventually sent for $4,687.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2022

Of his annual $437,000 income, nearly $200,000 is defrayed by the university.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2022

For most companies, the bill is relatively small, and it can be defrayed by giving less money to shareholders, or by raising prices.

From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2019

Further, they stated that the money their society had collected for making coffins and burying the dead “has not defrayed the expense of wages which we had to pay to those whom we employed.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy