Definition of Defrayment

1. Noun. The act of paying money.


Definition of Defrayment

1. n. Payment of charges.

Definition of Defrayment

1. Noun. The payment of charges. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defrayment

defrauded
defrauder
defrauders
defraudeth
defrauding
defraudment
defrauds
defray
defrayable
defrayal
defrayals
defrayed
defrayer
defrayers
defraying
defrayment (current term)
defrayments
defrays
defreeze
defreezes
defriend
defriended
defriending
defriends
defrizz
defrizzed
defrizzes
defrizzing
defrock
defrocked

Literary usage of Defrayment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1870)
"... Plumbe fifty pounds of the publique money in his hands, to be put into the hands of Richard Christophers, Esq', for the defrayment of publique charges. ..."

2. A Treatise on Extradition and Interstate Rendition: With Appendices by John Bassett Moore (1891)
"Appropriation for defrayment of Expenses. — To meet cases of extradition for offences against the laws of the United States, the diplomatic and consular ..."

3. Report on the War Finance by Japan Ōkurashō (1906)
"CHAPTER V. defrayment of Extraordinary "War Expenses. The amount of extraordinary war expenses defrayed from October, 1903 to March, 1906 was composed of ..."

4. Voyages to the East-Indiesby Johan Splinter Stavorinus by Johan Splinter Stavorinus (1798)
"... gilders per annum, for defrayment of his expences. ART. II. ... for defrayment of their heavy expences, five per cent upon the whole of both fales and ..."

5. The State and Charity by Thomas Mackay (1898)
"He is opposed to endowment and favours the defrayment of the expense of education " by those who receive the immediate benefit of such education and ..."

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