Defrayed

It is not without a certain degree of romantic pride that I look back and know that the first expenses of my son's life were defrayed from the price of that first creation of my brain; and before that child was two years old, I had procured for my husband, – (for the husband who has lately overwhelmed me, my sons, and his dead patron with slander, rather than yield a miserable annuity) – a place worth a thousand a year; the arduous duty of which consisted in attending three days in the week, for five hours, to hear causes tried in the simplest forms of law. ❋ Unknown (1854)

All of whom, we imagine, defrayed the costs of making an over-the-top music video with lots of pyrotechnic effects. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Unemployment stats will not turn around inside a time-frame of the current administration, as rehires will be defrayed by elimination of Underemployment -- this means an additional five hours per average workweek, Workweek stats overreport actual hours worked: claiming in excess of 43 hours, when there is a actual Workweek of only about 37 hours. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He and his wife Susan “went to Australia … and toured there, but a great deal of the initial cost of getting there and back was defrayed by Clarion South, who wanted me to teach, so I guess that was work-related, or at least SF-related.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Because health services are so expensive, the costs are defrayed over many years. ❋ Ezra Klein (2011)

Critically for Morris, the Articles specified that “all charges of war . . . shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states.” ❋ Charles Rappleye (2010)

The added costs have been defrayed by charging a higher price in each of these foreign markets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The plan also would raise only about $2.8 billion a year for education, leaving the rest of the deficit to be defrayed by so-far unspecified budget cuts, possible federal aid and the hope of an improving economy. ❋ AP (2010)

In the Senate bill, a lot of it was being defrayed by, you know, for example, taxes on Cadillac health care plans, and also increasing payroll taxes on Medicare. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Costs of more than $80,000 incurred during Palin's governorship can be defrayed only by contributions made after her resignation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Under the new bill, those costs would be defrayed through a mix of federal funds and hefty discounts shouldered by the pharmaceutical industry. ❋ Jared A. Favole (2010)

The president said much of the cost would, again, be defrayed by BP. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The American YMCA defrayed the costs of purchase and shipment of these books, and each book was stamped with the American YMCA emblem. 30 ❋ Unknown (2008)

It helped pay for license plate readers and defrayed some of the cost of setting up Memphis's crime-analysis center. ❋ Dana Priest (2010)