defray

Dr Franklin will defray the expense to which this may put you.

There were thus three couples, and the three gentlemen were to defray all expenses.

A tax was even levied to defray the expenses of the ceremony.

The revenues of the Union he found sufficient to defray all the current expenses.

I will defray all the expenses, and will pay the reward I offered, too.

The doctor, of course, had again to defray the expense of this purchase.

The which, if she defray unwillingly, then is she no Christian woman.

But he was not asked to defray the expenses of the simple funeral.

All that was necessary was a grant of money to defray the charge.

He was promised £20 to defray his travelling expenses “as soon as it can be paid.”