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DEFRAYMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does defrayment mean? 

DEFRAYMENT (noun)
  The noun DEFRAYMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of paying moneyplay

  Familiarity information: DEFRAYMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEFRAYMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of paying money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

defrayal; defrayment; payment

Hypernyms ("defrayment" is a kind of...):

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "defrayment"):

amortisation; amortization (payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers)

fee splitting (payment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee in return for the referral)

overpayment (the act of paying too much)

prepayment (payment in advance)

ransom (payment for the release of someone)

refund; repayment (the act of returning money received previously)

remuneration (the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses)

rendering (giving in acknowledgment of obligation)

disbursal; disbursement; outlay; spending (the act of spending or disbursing money)

tribute (payment by one nation for protection by another)

underpayment (the act of paying less than required)

Derivation:

defray (bear the expenses of)


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