تعریف فرهنگ لغت از کلمه "Defray" فراهم کردن پول برای پرداخت چیزی است. همچنین می تواند به معنای متحمل شدن هزینه ها یا هزینه های چیزی باشد، به خصوص از طرف شخص دیگری.
1. Therefore, in hopes to defray some of the charges he must be at, he bought a sloop, loaded it with several sorts of goods wherewith the Tonquinese usually trade to the neighboring islands, and putting fourteen men on board, whereof three were of the country, he appointed me master of the sloop, and gave me power to traffic for two months while he transacted his affairs at Tonquin.