Defray
Defray , transitive verb
[French défrayer; pref. dé- (Latin de or dis-) + frais expense, from Late Latin fredum, fridum, expense, fine by which an offender obtained peace from his sovereign, or more likely, atoned for an offense against the public peace, from Old High German fridu peace, German friede. See Affray.]
1.
To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his cost, he allowed him... four times as much.
2.
To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [Obsolete] — Spenser