Defraying

Asking for direct contributions assists in defraying the cost. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The offer is still on the table to the RTD though and I'm trying to convince Ross over at RVA News to let a writer follow me and then make it a feature on their site, with RVA News maybe "defraying" some of the cost. wink wink* We'll see. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Employers will find that the most economic means of defraying this cost is to reduce coverage to below taxation levels and instead raise employee pay. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And like so many other dedicated artists who get sick, he needs help defraying his medical and living expenses. ❋ Michael Sigman (2011)

A tax on cigarettes, for example, may further the regulatory goal of defraying the costs of medicare, even if no money from the tax goes to fund medicare. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is a two-headed monster: Current managers are expected to foresee and forestall future debacles while paying for past debacles, and the issue of Current managers defraying lost-term Profits for immediate short-term Windfall profits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You also might contact Mercedes-Benz, which may offer a discount or another way of defraying the cost. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It provided the $2 million “for the purpose of defraying any extraordinary expenses which may be incurred in the intercourse between the United States and foreign nations … to be applied under the direction of the President of the United States, who shall cause an account of the expenditure thereof to be laid before Congress as soon as may be.” ❋ Robert W. Merry (2009)

He added it might prove necessary to ensure the security of these conquests “by making adequate appropriation for the purpose of erecting fortifications and defraying the expense necessarily incident to the maintenance of our possession of authority over them.” ❋ Robert W. Merry (2009)

In May he was named, along with Witherspoon and William Duer of New York, to a committee “to devise ways and means for defraying the expenses of the coming year.” ❋ Charles Rappleye (2010)

You can thank the Audi 's aluminum chassis for defraying the weight of all the extra content, and what must have been a merciless night-and-day hunt for excess grams on the part of the development engineers. ❋ DAN NEIL (2010)

Proceeds from the shirt sales go to purchasing give-aways for the live podcasts and defraying costs associated with hosting the website and audio. ❋ Unknown (2008)

However, that DOES NOT mean people should stop donating -- the expenses are great and we are only a fraction of the way towards defraying the funeral expenses. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One of the worst culprits, defraying the cost of administrative staff with a constant stream of interns, is the House of Commons. ❋ Unknown (2010)