defrayv.¹

/dɪˈfreɪ/

Forms: Also 1500s defraie, deffray, 1600s defraye.

Etymology: < French défraye-r, in 14th cent. deffroier, 15th cent. deffroyer, 16th cent. desfrayer, < des-, de- (de- prefix 1c, 1f + Old French fraier, freier, froyer to spend, incur expense, < frai, in 14th cent. frait, plural frais, 13th cent. fres, expenses, charges, cost.

†1. To pay out, expend, spend, disburse (money).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)]

aspendc885

doOE

spendc1175

spenec1175

dispendc1330

bewarec1374

bestow1377

suckc1380

unpursea1393

warea1417

stowc1440

to lay outc1449

spone1456

expend1477

expend1484

impendc1486

ware?a1513

deburse?1529

disburse1530

defray1543

unburse1570

outlay1573

to lay forth1584

sweat1592

vent1612

dispursea1616

exhaust1616

to set forth1622

waste1639

depursea1648

fence1699

douse1759

shut1797

shift1923

1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 12 Inestimable summes of treasure, to be employed and defrayed about the same.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 241 There is emption and vendition contracted as soon as the parties be condescended upon the price, though there be no money presently defrayed.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. v. 1026 The Senate permitted Fulvius to deffray (inpenderet) what he would himselfe, so as hee exceeded not the summe of 80000 [Asses].

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Defraye, lay out, pay, discharge.

a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) xxxii. 43 Nor hast thou defrayed the price that the banquet is sold for: namely praise, and flatterie.

a. To discharge (the expense or cost of anything) by payment; to pay, meet, settle.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)]

quit?c1225

acquita1250

to pay up1434

satisfy1437

discharge1439

defease1480

persolve1548

solve1558

defray1576

affray1584

clear1600

to pay off1607

extinguish1630

to lay downa1640

wipe1668

settle1688

sink1694

retrieve1711

to clear up1726

balance1740

liquidate1755

to clear off1766

square1821

amortize1830

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 98 The King shall defray the wages.

1587 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 130 The College cannot possibly defray its ordinary expenses without some other help, over and beyond the ordinary revenues.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xiii. 191 Meladin..offered the Christians..a great summe of money to defray their charges.

1745 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 6 To draw Bills for defraying the Expence.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 208 The cost of the expedition to Naxos he pledged himself to defray.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. ix. 404 The payment was defrayed out of the spoils.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E5^v Can Night defray The wrath of thundring Ioue.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. v. sig. E6 Nought but dire reuenge his anger mote defray .

?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia iii. sig. ¶1^v With the death of some one striuing to defray euery drop of his bloud.

3. To meet the expense of; to bear the charge of; pay for. Now rare or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > bear or defray the cost of

quitc1275

maintaina1425

pay1446

fray1450

abye1503

price?a1513

be1520

to stand to ——1540

disburse1548

defray1581

discharge1587

reimburse1591

discount1647

to be at the charge(s of1655

to pay off1711

stand1808

pop1947

1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. xxi. 623 To bestowe the whole allowance upon the defraying of their common diet.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1371*/2 The enterprise..to be defraied by the pope and king of Spaine.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. x. 21 It serv'd to defray the expencefull progresse he made to Scotland, the Summer following.

1830 T. De Quincey Life R. Bentley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 449/1 A poor exchequer for defraying a war upon Bentley.

1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. ii. 51 The estate of the defunct member was not sufficient to defray his funeral.

†4. To pay the charges or expenses of (a person); to reimburse; to entertain free of charge.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay (a person)

payc1275

answera1387

defraya1586

imburse1721

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ii. sig. B6^v Defraying the Mariners with a ring bestowed vpon them.

1607 E. Hoby in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 87 He..would not land at Dover till he had indented with Sir Thomas Waller that he should be defrayed during his aboad.

a1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis (1650) 7 The State will defray you all the time you stay.

1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 44 The Pitti's were defray'd at Venice at the public cost.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 84 A Warrant..to defray me, my Horses and Servants at the King's Charge.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. iv. 424 Such a man [sc. Czar Peter] is to be royally defrayed while with us; yet one would wish it done cheap.

Derivatives

deˈfraying n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges

supportation1437

support1449

sustentation1449

defrayment1547

defraying1587

defray?1615

defrayal1820

1587 R. Hovenden in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 195 The defraieinge of our..expences.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 387 Disbursed..for..high-wayes, Lords pensions, and other defrayings.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 336 The defraying of all publique charges.

1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i A defraying, pecuniæ erogatio.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† defrayv.²

Etymology: apparently < Old French *des-, defraier, < des- , de- (de- prefix 2c, 1f) + freier , froier , fraier to rub, rub off, fray v.² < Latin fricāre to rub.

Obsolete.

transitive. ? To rub off or away.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)]

littleeOE

anitherOE

wanzelOE

lessc1225

slakea1300

littenc1300

aslakec1314

adminisha1325

allayc1330

settle1338

low1340

minisha1382

reprovea1382

abatea1398

rebatea1398

subtlea1398

alaskia1400

forlyten?a1400

imminish14..

lessenc1410

diminish1417

repress?a1425

assuagec1430

scarcec1440

small1440

underslakec1440

alessa1450

debate?c1450

batec1460

decreasec1470

appetisse1474

alow1494

mince1499

perswage?1504

remita1513

inless?1521

attenuate1530

weaken1530

defray1532

mitigate1532

minorate1534

narrow?1548

diminuec1550

extenuate1555

amain1578

exolve1578

base1581

dejecta1586

amoinder1588

faint1598

qualify1604

contract1605

to pull down1607

shrivel1609

to take down1610

disaugment1611

impoverish1611

shrink1628

decoct1629

persway1631

unflame1635

straiten1645

depress1647

reduce1649

detract1654

minuate1657

alloy1661

lower?1662

sinka1684

retreat1690

nip1785

to drive down1840

minify1866

to knock down1867

to damp down1869

scale1887

mute1891

clip1938

to roll back1942

to cut back1943

downscale1945

downrate1958

slim1963

downshift1972

1532 R. Bowyer in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xvii. 135 He intendeth not to infringe, annul, derogate, defray or minish anything of the popes authority.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	defray
释义	† defrayn.¹ Etymology: < defray v.¹: compare Old French desfroi , deffray , defrai , < desfrayer : see defray v.¹ Obsolete. rare. Defrayal. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges supportation1437 support1449 sustentation1449 defrayment1547 defraying1587 defray?1615 defrayal1820 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiv. 730 Thou..shalt not need, Or coat, or other thing..for defray Of this night's need. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). defrayn.² Error for desray, deray n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). defrayv.¹ /dɪˈfreɪ/ Forms: Also 1500s defraie, deffray, 1600s defraye. Etymology: < French défraye-r, in 14th cent. deffroier, 15th cent. deffroyer, 16th cent. desfrayer, < des-, de- (de- prefix 1c, 1f + Old French fraier, freier, froyer to spend, incur expense, < frai, in 14th cent. frait, plural frais, 13th cent. fres, expenses, charges, cost. †1. To pay out, expend, spend, disburse (money). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] aspendc885 doOE spendc1175 spenec1175 dispendc1330 bewarec1374 bestow1377 suckc1380 unpursea1393 warea1417 stowc1440 to lay outc1449 spone1456 expend1477 expend1484 impendc1486 ware?a1513 deburse?1529 disburse1530 defray1543 unburse1570 outlay1573 to lay forth1584 sweat1592 vent1612 dispursea1616 exhaust1616 to set forth1622 waste1639 depursea1648 fence1699 douse1759 shut1797 shift1923 1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 12 Inestimable summes of treasure, to be employed and defrayed about the same. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 241 There is emption and vendition contracted as soon as the parties be condescended upon the price, though there be no money presently defrayed. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. v. 1026 The Senate permitted Fulvius to deffray (inpenderet) what he would himselfe, so as hee exceeded not the summe of 80000 [Asses]. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Defraye, lay out, pay, discharge. a1610 J. Healey tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) xxxii. 43 Nor hast thou defrayed the price that the banquet is sold for: namely praise, and flatterie. 2. a. To discharge (the expense or cost of anything) by payment; to pay, meet, settle. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (transitive)] quit?c1225 acquita1250 to pay up1434 satisfy1437 discharge1439 defease1480 persolve1548 solve1558 defray1576 affray1584 clear1600 to pay off1607 extinguish1630 to lay downa1640 wipe1668 settle1688 sink1694 retrieve1711 to clear up1726 balance1740 liquidate1755 to clear off1766 square1821 amortize1830 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 98 The King shall defray the wages. 1587 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 130 The College cannot possibly defray its ordinary expenses without some other help, over and beyond the ordinary revenues. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xiii. 191 Meladin..offered the Christians..a great summe of money to defray their charges. 1745 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 6 To draw Bills for defraying the Expence. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 208 The cost of the expedition to Naxos he pledged himself to defray. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. ix. 404 The payment was defrayed out of the spoils. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. E5^v Can Night defray The wrath of thundring Ioue. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. v. sig. E6 Nought but dire reuenge his anger mote defray . View more context for this quotation ?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia iii. sig. ¶1^v With the death of some one striuing to defray euery drop of his bloud. 3. To meet the expense of; to bear the charge of; pay for. Now rare or archaic. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > bear or defray the cost of quitc1275 maintaina1425 pay1446 fray1450 abye1503 price?a1513 be1520 to stand to ——1540 disburse1548 defray1581 discharge1587 reimburse1591 discount1647 to be at the charge(s of1655 to pay off1711 stand1808 pop1947 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (1588) iv. xxi. 623 To bestowe the whole allowance upon the defraying of their common diet. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1371/2 The enterprise..to be defraied by the pope and king of Spaine. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ* i. x. 21 It serv'd to defray the expencefull progresse he made to Scotland, the Summer following. 1830 T. De Quincey Life R. Bentley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 449/1 A poor exchequer for defraying a war upon Bentley. 1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. ii. 51 The estate of the defunct member was not sufficient to defray his funeral. †4. To pay the charges or expenses of (a person); to reimburse; to entertain free of charge. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things [verb (transitive)] > pay (a person) payc1275 answera1387 defraya1586 imburse1721 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ii. sig. B6^v Defraying the Mariners with a ring bestowed vpon them. 1607 E. Hoby in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 87 He..would not land at Dover till he had indented with Sir Thomas Waller that he should be defrayed during his aboad. a1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis (1650) 7 The State will defray you all the time you stay. 1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 44 The Pitti's were defray'd at Venice at the public cost. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 84 A Warrant..to defray me, my Horses and Servants at the King's Charge. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. iv. 424 Such a man [sc. Czar Peter] is to be royally defrayed while with us; yet one would wish it done cheap. Derivatives deˈfraying n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > bearing of expenses or charges supportation1437 support1449 sustentation1449 defrayment1547 defraying1587 defray?1615 defrayal1820 1587 R. Hovenden in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 195 The defraieinge of our..expences. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 387 Disbursed..for..high-wayes, Lords pensions, and other defrayings. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xliv. 336 The defraying of all publique charges. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) i A defraying, pecuniæ erogatio. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † defrayv.² Etymology: apparently < Old French des-, defraier, < des-* , de- (de- prefix 2c, 1f) + freier , froier , fraier to rub, rub off, fray v.² < Latin fricāre to rub. Obsolete. transitive. ? To rub off or away. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] littleeOE anitherOE wanzelOE lessc1225 slakea1300 littenc1300 aslakec1314 adminisha1325 allayc1330 settle1338 low1340 minisha1382 reprovea1382 abatea1398 rebatea1398 subtlea1398 alaskia1400 forlyten?a1400 imminish14.. lessenc1410 diminish1417 repress?a1425 assuagec1430 scarcec1440 small1440 underslakec1440 alessa1450 debate?c1450 batec1460 decreasec1470 appetisse1474 alow1494 mince1499 perswage?1504 remita1513 inless?1521 attenuate1530 weaken1530 defray1532 mitigate1532 minorate1534 narrow?1548 diminuec1550 extenuate1555 amain1578 exolve1578 base1581 dejecta1586 amoinder1588 faint1598 qualify1604 contract1605 to pull down1607 shrivel1609 to take down1610 disaugment1611 impoverish1611 shrink1628 decoct1629 persway1631 unflame1635 straiten1645 depress1647 reduce1649 detract1654 minuate1657 alloy1661 lower?1662 sinka1684 retreat1690 nip1785 to drive down1840 minify1866 to knock down1867 to damp down1869 scale1887 mute1891 clip1938 to roll back1942 to cut back1943 downscale1945 downrate1958 slim1963 downshift1972 1532 R. Bowyer in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. xvii. 135 He intendeth not to infringe, annul, derogate, defray or minish anything of the popes authority. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹?1615n.²v.¹1543v.²1532
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† defrayn.1

defrayn.2

defrayv.1

Derivatives

† defrayv.2

† defrayn.¹

defrayn.²

defrayv.¹

† defrayv.²