Word: defray
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sale will help defray a deficit which has accumulated over several years," Andronike E. Janus, assistant director of Athletics, said yesterday...
...1960s he had particpated in bilking his neighbors. Said the President: "We were naturally inclined to buy a new machine whenever it became available. Then we required every patient who came to the hospital to submit their body to the machine, whether they needed it or not, to rapidly defray the purchase. I did not realize then that I was ripping off people." One reason for the emphasis on machinery: the prestige of a hospital is judged by the quality of the doctors on its staff, and the most talented doctors gravitate to the hospitals that boast the most advanced...
...Student Assembly gave $200 to the Harvard delegation to defray some of its costs, and now the Assembly wants to know if it got its money's worth. Since the conference passed about 40 resolutions--all pre-packaged and ready for Assembly use--you might say the Assembly got a bargain at $5 apiece. And please, no Philadelphia jokes...
...your article on the U.S. trade mission to Japan, there was a very clear error. The trip was not "paid for entirely by Washington." The American businessmen paid all of their travel expenses, plus a $1,000 to $1,800 fee to the Department of Commerce to help defray the costs of the mission...
Therefore, it would seem that if the University does divest itself of its South African holdings, it should use this freed money to defray tuition costs, thus lowering or stabilizing tuition, rather than reinvesting it in different company stock. Stanley Hilton Harvard Business School Student