defrayed

The team is said to have partly defrayed the cost of the drugs by selling bicycles provided by sponsors.

A substantial balance had been handed over to Mrs. Sinclair, and this defrayed the expenses of the funeral.

As is well known, the expenses of the educational department are defrayed from the other half of the income of the fund.

All expenses after the marriage are, of course, defrayed by the bridegroom.

The expenses of The Lantern—including a generous douceur to myself—were all defrayed by the Empress.

The expenses in a rural parish are defrayed by means of a rate raised with, and as part of, Public Libraries Acts.