Families want to educate their children and can, in principle, defray the costs with the greater incomes that education generates.
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Defray
/dɪˈfɹeɪ/
Synonyms for "defray" (27 found)
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The government was compelled to defray the costs of the war.
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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.
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The expenses of the war, while in progress, were defrayed by executing rich men and confiscating their property.
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