Defray

v. t.	1.	To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc. [imp. & p. p. Defrayed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Defraying.] For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much. - Usher.
	2.	To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath.

Verb

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defray - bear the expenses of

acknowledge, bear the expense, chip in, clear, cover, defray expenses, discharge, finance, foot the bill, fund, go Dutch, honor a bill, liquidate, meet, pay, pay for, pay the bill, pay the piper, redeem, reimburse, settle, stand the costs