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The move is expected to help the Japanese automaker defray its U.S. tariff costs in its largest market and keep its U.S. dealers better-stocked with vehicles, according to analysts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

In return, Allen’s company receives most of the commercial spots in the programs, which his company can sell to advertisers to defray its costs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 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

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

My purser provides everything, and keeps a regular account, which I sign as correct, and send home to government, which defrays the whole expenses, under the head of conciliation money.”

From Diary in America, Series One by Frederick Marryat

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

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2023

Medical bills have been defrayed through other crime-victims funds as well as by hospitals, fund officials said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2023

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

Installation costs can reach into the tens of thousands of dollars, which is why most federal and state policies promoting heat pump adoption have focused on defraying them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026

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

The stock donation could be useful in defraying that bill.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022

Obligatory secondary schools, the inclusion of social and political economy in their curricula; the defraying of expenses of pupils by the state.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel P. Orth