Jim Gerlach

Low-income seniors who choose to enroll in a drug discount plan will receive $600 of Federal assistance in 2004 and 2005 to further defray the costs of their medications.

American Politician

Used when discussing financial responsibilities, not personal ones.

Financial Context

It can imply paying part of the cost while the rest is paid by others.

Partial Payment

The term 'defray' is formal and mostly seen in written, finance-related contexts.

Formal Usage

 more marketization of wars, more shock-and-awe talk, to defray discussion of the costs. People are more likely to support the use of force if they view it as costless." Robots for me take certain trends that are already in play in our body politic,

Military robots and the...

 so could nature imagery maybe help defray that growing deficit and if so how well we know from fMRI studies that measure blood flow to the brain but there's a particular region of the brain that processes scenes and scenery

Defray