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.
政府已许诺用数亿万美元来支付战争的费用。
All expenses, brought about by the services, are expected to be defrayed by the customers.
由服务产生的相关费用应由客户承担。
If the accumulate payment time is under 15 years, the accumulate savings of pension in his personal account can be defrayed one-off;
一累计缴费年限不满15年的，一次性支付其个人账户养老金累计储存额。
The additional costs ofhealth care are likely either to be defrayed by higher taxes on upper-incomepeople or avoided by reductions in the quantity or quality of medical services.
这些增加的医疗成本，可通过对高收入人群增税，或者降低医疗服务的数量和质量解决。
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