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Siavash Moghaddasian Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Defray
Hi everyone,
I got this from Cambridge dictionary
(especially of an organization) to pay the cost of something:
The company will defray all your expenses, including car rental.
Is it necessarily used if an organization or company pays ?
Can I say "my mom will defray the costs of my college"?
I got this from Cambridge dictionary
(especially of an organization) to pay the cost of something:
The company will defray all your expenses, including car rental.
Is it necessarily used if an organization or company pays ?
Can I say "my mom will defray the costs of my college"?
Top answer
g. in official or legal documents. The word "mom", on the other hand, imparts an informal tone to your sentence, so there is a bit of a mismatch there.
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- in official or legal documents.
- The word "mom", on the other hand, imparts an informal tone to your sentence, so there is a bit of a mismatch there.
- As a separate issue, "the costs of my college" is probably not ideal phrasing.
- "my college fees" would be more usual.
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"defray" can be used when an individual pays, but it is a relatively unusual formal word used e.g. in official or legal documents. The word "mom", on the other hand, imparts an informal tone to your sentence, so there is a bit of a mismatch there.
As a separate issue, "the costs of my college" is probably not ideal phrasing. "my college fees" would be more usual. E.g. you can say "My mo
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You could say that, but it sounds odd and old-fashioned.
PS - I agree with GPY.
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