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defray | undefined |

As a verb defray

is (obsolete) to spend (money).

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

defray

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To spend (money).
  • To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.29:
    • The expenses of the war, while in progress, were defrayed by executing rich men and confiscating their property.
  • * 2009 , ‘A Viennese grind’, The Economist , 30 Jul 2009:
    • Investors, meanwhile, got back a fraction of their money. Some say Mr Meinl’s €100m bail, paid by a source in Liechtenstein, should be used to defray their losses.
  • * 2010 , Roy Greenslade, The Guardian , 9 Dec 2010:
    • In order to help defray the substantial costs involved, they then raised revenue through taking advertisements.
  • To pay for (something).

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    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined