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Definition of Defrayer
1. n. One who pays off expenses.
Definition of Defrayer
1. Noun. One who pays off expenses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defrayer
1. one that defrays [n -S] - See also: defrays
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defrayer
Literary usage of Defrayer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of England, from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles by Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1858)
"... que Ics Danois ne viennent au secours des " Russia." (Stanhope to l)ubois,
July 31. 1719.) J " SM Danoise qui n'a pas un ducat pour defrayer ses ..."
2. Faery Queene: Book I by Edmund Spenser, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1901)
"42, to pay the costs (exacted by the wrath of Jove); F. defrayer (Cotgrave), from
frais, expense; ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"Fr. defrayer, to discharge the frais or expenses of anything. Formed in a manner
analogous to the It. pa- gare, to pay, ..."
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