defray

defray is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
2. transitive verb. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath.
3. verb. bear the expenses of

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in defray:

frayed

Common word forms

defrays, defrayal, defrayed, defrayer, defraying, defrayable, defrayment

Words from these letters

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