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'defray the costs' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to paying or helping to pay the expenses associated with a project, event, plan, or other activity. For example: "We are trying to raise money to defray the costs of the school field trip."
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How to defray the costs?
Partners are needed to defray the costs.
In the meantime, Dr. Kingsmore said, he is hoping a philanthropist will help defray the costs.
Federal grants can help defray the costs of developing a drug for commercial uses.
Both would pump money into the system and help defray the costs of reform.
Work letters, payments that help tenants defray the costs of interconstruction work, are becoming more generous.
Renting out the house half the summer helps defray the costs.
India's Sports Ministry agreed to help the athletes defray the costs of competing at Sochi.
Ms. Jones sued on defamation and other grounds, and Mr. Clinton's insurers helped defray the costs.
India's sports ministry agreed to help the athletes defray the costs of competing at Sochi.
This allowance helps to defray the costs associated with their stay at Princeton.
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