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After the emergency benefit runs out, a monthly benefit adequate to defray the cost of a broadband subscription will be needed.
REFORM THE US LOW-INCOME BROADBAND PROGRAM BY REBUILDING LIFELINEANNIE SIEBERTAPRIL 16, 2021TECHCRUNCHIn a lawsuit, the utility seeks to block ERCOT from collecting that bill and from imposing a surcharge to help defray the losses stemming from other companies’ defaults.
THE FIGHT OVER WHO WILL PAY FOR TEXAS BLACKOUTS GEARS UPWILL ENGLUNDAPRIL 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTo defray the expenses of these magazines Newport was taxed fifty pounds, and the other three towns twenty pounds each.
A SHORT HISTORY OF RHODE ISLANDGEORGE WASHINGTON GREENEThey have been endeavoring to collect funds enough to defray the expenses of a decent burial.
PRISONS AND PRAYER: OR A LABOR OF LOVEELIZABETH RYDER WHEATONA mere trifle, I assure you; just enough to defray expenses—say—er—a hundred dollars.
TIN-TYPES TAKEN IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORKLEMUEL ELY QUIGGSecondly, because the bill is drawn for an expense, which we have no right or authority to defray.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, VOL. IV (OF 12)VARIOUSHe added to his fair words a small purse of gold, to defray necessary expenses on the road, as a gratuity on the King's part.
QUENTIN DURWARDSIR WALTER SCOTTThe Queen's thrift enabled her in ordinary times of peace to defray the current expenses of the Crown from its ordinary revenues.
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLEJOHN RICHARD GREENThey presented me thirty dollars also to defray the expenses of my journey home to Manteno.
MARITAL POWER EXEMPLIFIED IN MRS. PACKARD'S TRIAL, AND SELF-DEFENCE FROM THE CHARGE OF INSANITYELIZABETH PARSONS WARE PACKARDThe proceeds of those underground rights must now come in afterwards to defray the war bill.
ORIGIN OF THE ANGLO-BOER WAR REVEALED (2ND ED.)C. H. THOMASWORDS RELATED TO DEFRAY
- adjust
- bear the cost
- bear the expense
- bequeath
- bestow
- chip in
- clear
- come through
- compensate
- confer
- cough up
- defray
- dig up
- disburse
- discharge
- extend
- foot
- foot the bill
- grant
- hand over
- handle
- honor
- kick in
- liquidate
- make payment
- meet
- offer
- plunk down
- prepay
- present
- proffer
- put up
- recompense
- recoup
- refund
- reimburse
- remit
- remunerate
- render
- repay
- requite
- reward
- satisfy
- settle
- stake
- take care of
- adjusting
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- chip in
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- defraying
- digging up
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- granting
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- requiting
- rewarding
- satisfying
- settling
- staking
- taking care of
- absorb
- allocate
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- apply
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- blow
- cast away
- come across
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- confer
- consume
- contribute
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- defray
- deplete
- disburse
- dispense
- dissipate
- donate
- drain
- drop
- employ
- empty
- evote
- exhaust
- expend
- foot the bill
- fritter
- give
- hand out
- invest
- lavish
- lay out
- liquidate
- misspend
- outlay
- pay down
- pay up
- put in
- run through
- settle
- shell out
- spring for
- squander
- throw away
- use
- use up
- waste
- absorbing
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- applying
- bestowing
- blowing
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- defraying
- depleting
- disbursing
- dispensing
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- donating
- draining
- dropping
- employing
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- footing the bill
- frittering
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- investing
- lavishing
- liquidating
- lying out
- misspending
- outlaying
- paying down
- paying up
- putting in
- running through
- settling
- shelling out
- spring for
- squandering
- throwing away
- using
- using up
- wasting
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.