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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Help defray the cost by renting out your swimming pool.
    — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Prison inmates have been making things in Maine since the 1800s, when selling sleighs and wagons helped defray costs.
    — CBS News, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Last week, Ross’s friends set up a Gofundme to help defray the rapper’s medical costs.
    — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2021
  • One week, as an experiment, De La Torre charged 25 cents for salsa to help defray the cost.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Some San Diego companies are also trying to help defray the cost of child care and the daily commute.
    — Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2021
  • Operational cuts of more than $8 million will defray most of the cost of the new contract, announced last fall.
    — Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2022
  • In 2018, the court ruled that unions cannot collect fees from non-members to help defray the costs of collective bargaining.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
  • The law includes a tax credit of up to $7,500 that could be used to defray the cost of purchasing an electric vehicle.
    — Fatima Hussein, ajc, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Some schools offer funding packages that defray all or some of the cost, but this is not guaranteed.
    — WSJ, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Financial juggling was required, even though Dusseault dug out some public money to help defray the cost of the bike lane.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2022
  • But other banks may have to help defray the cost of covering uninsured deposits.
    — Christopher Rugaber, ajc, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Proceeds will help defray the cost of utilities at the museum.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 29 June 2021
  • Campaign finance experts expect Trump will try to spend PAC money to defray the cost of his judgments in some way.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2024
  • For those not engaged in real estate, this is the payment made by the tenant to help defray the cost of operating the center.
    — Katherine Jackson, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Ukiah received $2 million from the state to help defray the costs, and the county itself subsidizes about $800 of each shipment.
    — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
  • State and federal grants are intended to help to defray the tariffs and the resulting increase in prices.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2022
  • The claims appeared to serve as a tacit admission that Amazon, Facebook and Google each intend to raise their ad rates to defray the cost of new taxes.
    — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2021
  • People can defray the costs of buying a new electric vehicle with a $7,500 tax credit.
    — Josh Boak, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2023

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