Sentence examples for of defraying from inspiring English sources

It was a placebo, your way of making nice, of defraying the sorrow you knew you'd incur one day.

Another (Cogent Communications) balked at the idea of defraying Comcast's costs, and as a result, additional connections from Cogent to Comcast weren't installed.

Both are trying to think of ways of defraying the cost, such as special levies on local businesses or on hotel beds.

Not a lot, by London standards, but still a way of defraying some of the cost of maintaining a pied-à-terre in a nice part of town.

An additional problem is that when everything tumbles into a giant heap it is difficult to extract material for recycling, now an important way of defraying demolition costs.Apart from dust, explosive charges can throw out fragments called "flyrock".

A charge of 1/2 cent per gallon was fixed, which law declared should be paid to the commissioner of agriculture for the purpose of defraying expenses connected with the inspection, testing, and analyzing of oils in this state.

For participants who were not from the local area, the role of support defraying the costs of participating was significant, perhaps due to limited institutional resources for travel to professional development opportunities.

Securities lending by funds and other large pools such as pensions has long been an incremental source of profits applauded for defraying other investment expenses.

For participants who were not local, the role of financial support defraying the costs of participating was significant.

The Hermitage hopes to raise $75,000 during the run of "Hidden Treasures Revealed" to defray costs of architectural renderings and engineering blueprints for a proposed reorientation of its entrance.

In 1602 the Earl of Southampton defrayed most of the expenses for fitting out the ship "Concord," which Gosnold commanded on a voyage of exploration to the New World.