defray

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɹeɪ/
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• Australian: /dɪˈfɹæɪ/
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• rhymes with -eɪ
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 F R EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French desfrayer, French défrayer, from dé- + Old French fraier (“to spend”).

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: плащам (plaštam) — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Catalan: costejar — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Chinese Mandarin: 支付 (zhīfù) — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Czech: hradit — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Czech: uhradit — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Czech: krýt — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Czech: pokrýt — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Dutch: bekostigen — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Dutch: dekken — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Finnish: kattaa — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Finnish: kustantaa — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Finnish: maksaa — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• French: défrayer — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Galician: custear — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Galician: sosubir — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Galician: sufragar — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Polish: opłacać — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Polish: opłacić — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Polish: pokrywać koszty — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Polish: pokryć koszty — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Russian: опла́чивать (opláčivatʹ) — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Russian: плати́ть (platítʹ) — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Russian: покрыва́ть (pokryvátʹ) — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Russian: взять расхо́ды на себя (vzjatʹ rasxódy na sebja) — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Spanish: costear — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Swedish: bestrida — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Swedish: betala — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)
• Swedish: bära — to pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something)