defray

1. V-T If you defray someone's costs or expenses, you give them money which represents the amount that they have spent, for example, while they have been doing something for you or acting on your behalf. 支付[正式]

The government has committed billions toward defraying the costs of the war. 政府已許諾用數(shù)億萬美元來支付戰(zhàn)爭的費用。