Past tense of defray; paid for or covered the cost of something.
Regular past tense form of defray, created by adding -ed. This pattern is one of the most common in English, used for about 95% of verbs to mark past action.
You'll see 'defrayed' in historical documents and academic papers—'The costs were defrayed by the university'—but in everyday speech people just say 'paid for' instead.
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