Defray

Families want to educate their children and can, in principle, defray the costs with the greater incomes that education generates.

The government was compelled to defray the costs of the war.

As to reward, my profession is its own reward; but you are at liberty to defray whatever expenses I may be put to, at the time which suits you best.

The expenses of the war, while in progress, were defrayed by executing rich men and confiscating their property.

Investors, meanwhile, got back a fraction of their money. Some say Mr Meinl’s €100m bail, paid by a source in Liechtenstein, should be used to defray their losses.

In order to help defray the substantial costs involved, they then raised revenue through taking advertisements.

With his legal maneuverings, Trump is showing that he also understands the implications of this election — one that could give him substantial powers as president to defray or dismiss many of the legal threats that he’s facing and to behave in office without future accountability.