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And, in fact, it is easier to offer small raises when inflation is higher—which keeps real wage growth suppressed and helps defray some labor cost and reduce the need for mass layoffs.

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026

The price adjustments "defray" but do not fully cover the increase in costs, the spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

The company will contribute $11 million to two funds to defray costs for residents, schools and local water systems to drill replacement wells or install tanks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

For example, you don’t need to make a ton of friends to defray those long-term healthcare costs, said Jeffrey Hall, a communication-studies professor at the University of Kansas.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025

My stipend was a predetermined amount of money—based on world ranking—to defray the cost of training expenses.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

For example, a new tax credit defrays 30% of the costs of installing rooftop solar and battery storage.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2024

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he hadn’t studied Feyen’s amendment but said a surcharge on non-Brewer events would be reasonable if it defrays the overall state contribution.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

A hearing on how the U.S. government defrays the cost of doing federally funded research on college campuses might put most people to sleep.

From Science Magazine ● May 26, 2017

Not only do universities rely on federal grants for research but federal funding also defrays overhead expenses associated with that research, sometimes called indirect costs.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2013

The Mission was eventually taken over by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and this Society defrays, with unimportant exceptions, the whole cost of the See.

From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Treacher, W. H. (William Hood), Sir

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

Since March the system has generated about 1.2 MWh, defraying about 12% of our 12-month household electric use and 100% of our annual fuel costs, since both cars are electric.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Almost all lend a hand on an ongoing basis, whether contributing to savings accounts, setting up trusts or defraying the costs of college tuition, medical bills and other expenses.

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

And when the much-larger Third Man suggested partnering on a vinyl edition, defraying the massive cost of pressing such a large set, he agreed.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

Celgene pats itself on the back for having programs aimed at defraying costs to cancer patients.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2020

I would not consent to their defraying the burial expenses out of this money without the Society's authorization to that effect.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton