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Defray

/dɪˈfreɪ/
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(verb) To pay or discharge (a debt, expense etc.); to meet (the cost of something).

The government was compelled to defray the costs of the war.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The government was compelled to ____ the costs of the war.

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