defray

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The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.
補助金幫助支付旅行費用。
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His bunkhouse vacations help defray the expense of two summer ranch hands.
他的農舍之旅可以幫他支付兩個夏季牧場的人工費用。
Solar power benefited from the same credits and, beginning in 1980, had the additional sweetener of a California property-tax exemption to defray the cost of acres of mirrors.
太陽能也從這一優(yōu)惠政策獲益。從1980年開始，它還獲得了加州的物業(yè)稅豁免，用以支付數英畝的太陽能鏡子的花費。

Local officials are urging people to donate money, rather than more items, to help defray the cost of relief efforts.
They didn't say whether it had to be the same one or three different provided, and this was the compromise, provided the guest paid 50 pence to defray the cost to the college.
他們也沒說是同一個還是三個不同的人,前提是，這也是妥協(xié)之處，過夜男士每次要付50便士來補貼學校。
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"Nobody else has ever tried to help defray costs for anything for parents, so this is huge."

Presumably, small businesses could capture that savings and defray the cost of offering health benefits--but not by much.
FORBES: Will Small Biz Be Healthier Under Bush's Proposal?

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.