What's the difference between defray and deray?

Defray


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.
  • (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It would cost, say, £15 a call to defray lost fees, and the number could only be used once.
  • (2) The BBC must also make sure that any project spending that benefits partners must be defrayed equally to ensure there is no breach of state aid rules.
  • (3) As the final cherry on the cake, the cost of upgrading the route to take 140mph expresses could be defrayed from the extra profits the express operators would make.
  • (4) This packet also included a letter requesting a donation to BRPC to help defray operational expenses.
  • (5) They can then be taxed to help defray some of the costs.
  • (6) In an effort to attract critical care staff to hospitals and defray education costs, many hospitals are asking educators to market critical care programming to the nursing community.
  • (7) The cost of health care, particularly medical specialty care, was defrayed in large part by private insurance and public programs, such as Medicaid and Title V Programs for children with special health care needs, while financial support for related services, such as physical therapy and speech therapy, came largely through the schools.
  • (8) The program is designed to help defray the cost that an Arizona student faces in attending an out-of-state medical school by paying, in the student's behalf, the difference between the resident and nonresident tuition at the out-of-state school.
  • (9) With this money, the dean can defray the direct as well as the indirect costs of the clinical study; the remainder, which would otherwise go directly to the investigator, should be placed in a funding pool for which the entire medical school could compete.
  • (10) Society already bears a large part of the costs attributable to the lack of adequate health expense protection for the uninsured, whether through lost manhours and productivity resulting from the postponement of needed medical attention or through defraying the economic burden of uncompensated care.
  • (11) But funds from Bosch’s settlement are expected to defray VW’s compensation costs.
  • (12) Priority concerns for cancer control in hereditary breast cancer are the development of registries of cancer-prone families, willingness by third-party carriers to help defray the costs of surveillance, and more research in molecular genetics.
  • (13) We need cost-benefit research to induce third party carriers to defray expenses for surveillance.

Deray


Definition:

  • (n.) Disorder; merriment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Some of the main protesters who have propelled the organization movement forward, particularly Deray McKesson , Netta Elzie and Stephen Houldsworth , have expressed no interest in backing down tonight.
  • (2) But there was no need to protest any differently or give in to fear, according to demonstrator DeRay McKesson, since “the reality is we live in fear, in blackness, in America every day”.
  • (3) It was important to me to accept the responsibility and the privilege to help bring some of those things I have learned from people on the streets.” DeRay Mckesson, one of the most visible Black Lives Matter activists and a leader of We the Protesters , said policy and street protests informed one another.
  • (4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest DeRay McKesson in Ferguson in November.
  • (5) Maryland state senator Catherine Pugh beat 11 other candidates, including activist DeRay Mckesson, in a hard-fought and historic primary election in Baltimore’s mayoral race Tuesday, on the eve of the first anniversary of the unrest that shook the city in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray last year.
  • (6) Facebook Twitter Pinterest DeRay McKesson: ‘I’m no more afraid than I have ever been.’ Photograph: Steven W Thrasher The informal branch of Black Lives Matter in Ferguson is not the origin of this movement .
  • (7) Whoever will be the next president of the United States will need to address issues of race and equity Deray Mckesson “We’d love to talk to him more to gain an understanding of how he would approach racial equity and justice as president,” he added.
  • (8) deray mckesson (@deray) And here is the official @NAACP statement re: #RachelDolezal .
  • (9) They are supported by the men who stand in solidarity and community, like Moore, Deray McKesson of Ferguson and countless others who are amplifying their work .
  • (10) I like DeRay’s surprisingly well-detailed platform, his national presence, his un-macho but still angry raised fist and, yes, I like his fashion sense too,” Waters, the Hairspray director, said, adding: “Why not let somebody younger and more radical than I am have a crack at it?” But many in the activist community – which should have been Mckesson’s natural support base – were suspicious of him, and he was never able to break out in the polls.
  • (11) Celebrity and tech donations fuel DeRay Mckesson's run for Baltimore mayor Read more Mckesson has said he is not yet ready to reflect on his campaign and has given no indication of whether he intends to stay in the city or what his plans may be.
  • (12) Celebrities and tech executives were among the top donors around the country to the Baltimore mayoral bid of Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson.
  • (13) Some of his most prominent segments have been an emotional sit-down with Joe Biden, a serious discussion with the Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, and a classical performance by Misty Copeland and Yo-Yo Ma.
  • (14) It is a serious problem in this country.” DeRay Mckesson , a leading Black Lives Matter activist, said the group was seeking a meeting with Rubio because his comments were “seemingly nuanced in a way that showed his understanding of these issues”.
  • (15) What about #BlackTwitter: what does he make of one of its most prolific users , activist DeRay McKesson ?
  • (16) Somebody like DeRay, with that vibe and energy, I know that he always talks about the Black Lives Matter and is active out in different communities and getting the messages out there,” she said.
  • (17) She [Clinton] was open to being pushed, and I think, in the end, she was reflective,” said DeRay McKesson, a co-founder of Campaign Zero and one of the most high-profile voices to emerge from protests in Ferguson, Missouri beginning last August.
  • (18) DeRay Mckesson, a prominent leader of the Ferguson protest movement, agreed that the shots were fired from “the alley or street” behind where protesters stood.
  • (19) This is a blueprint for ending police violence,” said DeRay McKesson, another leading activist involved in the project.
  • (20) You could say the modern equivalents to the young Chuck D are Ta-Nehisi Coates or Deray Mckesson of Black Lives Matter , but he hasn’t read Coates and doesn’t want to elbow his way into a new generation’s struggle uninvited.

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