Sentence examples for defray a from inspiring English sources

For the first time, companies will be charged for inspections to defray a substantial increase in costs for policing the new inspection regime.

The special fee helps defray a $1.2 million annual payment to the Chinese government, and subsidizes other conservation programs including bamboo farms.

Since announcing the trading loss last May, JPMorgan and its influential chairman, Mr. Dimon, have struggled to reassure skittish investors and defray a series of federal investigations related to the bungled wagers on complex-credit derivatives.

Revenue from a billboard "would defray a significant portion of the cost of maintaining and operating the building" for the small businesses that own 599 Broadway, according to their legal complaint.

He told a different story when he was at HUD overseeing the portfolio of loans insured by the F.H.A. Testifying before Congress in May 2010, Mr. Stevens cited five years of F.H.A. data showing that loans in which the seller of the property helped defray a borrower's origination costs by more than 3 percent, known as a sellers' concession, experienced significantly greater default rates.

My fellow alum went on to tell me that Fleer's would be willing to defray a good portion of the costs of my studies, as it had his, provided the courses related to the production, purveyance or packaging of bubble gum.

(Musicians and sound mixers were paid by Donald Trump, who also picked up the tab for food, lodging and transportation, estimated at more than $150,000, for Mr. Pavarotti and his entourage. Unclaimed tickets, sold through Ticketmaster for up to $200, defrayed a little).

Griffin divulges that Ford's advertisement for the Flex crossover SUV on the inside cover defrayed a good chunk of the cost to Hearst, so we won't be paying an arm and a leg for this issue.

But Ms. Santiago, who rents out an apartment to help defray costs (a two-bedroom unit in the basement for $775 a month) has grand plans for the future.

Using methodology that allows the comparison of uneven streams of costs and benefits, it is found that – at present prices – payments for sequestered carbon defray only a small proportion of costs, providing a level of incentive insufficient to stimulate restoration.

Sometimes, to defray costs, an organizer will "put a box out and you can give if you want".