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were defrayed
verb
To spend (money).
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Its losses were defrayed by contributions made by its stockholders.
The article-publishing costs were defrayed by the School of Veterinary Science and Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK.
Mr. D'Angelo, the saxophonist, had surgery last year to remove cancerous tumors from his brain; the costs were defrayed by small benefit concerts all over the world.
Part of this leap, without doubt, is attributable to the opening, in 1992, of the Orioles' highly popular new park, Camden Yards (whose construction costs, by the way, were defrayed by a Maryland bond issue).
The publication costs were defrayed by the Author Fund at the University of Ottawa.
The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by payment of page charges.
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Maybe the Iranians were defraying the costs of all those cloaks and hats.
Some costs will be defrayed through profits on its 57% stake in the park.
They did agree that some of the cost should be defrayed by drug companies.
Expenses linked to a Member's private life may on no account be defrayed.
The cost of the procession, about $1.25 per person per day, the organizers said, was defrayed by foreign aid agencies.
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