Deray vs Defray - What's the difference?
deray | defray |
(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:
* 2009 , ‘A Viennese grind’, The Economist , 30 Jul 2009:
* 2010 , Roy Greenslade, The Guardian , 9 Dec 2010:
To pay for (something).
In obsolete terms the difference between deray and defray
is that deray is merriment while defray is to spend (money).As a noun deray
is disorder.As a verb defray is
to spend (money).defray
English
Verb
(en verb)- The expenses of the war, while in progress, were defrayed by executing rich men and confiscating their property.
- 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.
- In order to help defray the substantial costs involved, they then raised revenue through taking advertisements.
