All defrayal synonyms
deΒ·frayΒ·al
D d noun defrayal
- take β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- reciprocity β a reciprocal state or relation.
- atonement β If you do something as an atonement for doing something wrong, you do it to show that you are sorry.
- advantage β An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- indemnification β the act of indemnifying; state of being indemnified.
- gain β to make a gain or gains in.
- consideration β Consideration is careful thought about something.
- reckoning β count; computation; calculation.
- bread β Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
- quittance β recompense or requital.
- amends β recompense or compensation given or gained for some injury, insult, etc
- recompense β to repay; remunerate; reward, as for service, aid, etc.
- meet β greatest lower bound
- salt β See under Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
- requital β the act of requiting.
- remittal β a remission.
- damages β money to be paid as compensation to a person for injury, loss, etc
- counterclaim β a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- alimony β Alimony is money that a court of law orders someone to pay regularly to their former wife or husband after they have got divorced. Compare palimony.
- bounty β You can refer to something that is provided in large amounts as bounty.
- part β a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- discharge β to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- advance β To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- hire β to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- retaliation β the act of retaliating; return of like for like; reprisal.
- portion β a part of any whole, either separated from or integrated with it: I read a portion of the manuscript.
- acquittal β Acquittal is a formal declaration in a court of law that someone who has been accused of a crime is innocent.
- amortization β the process of amortizing a debt
- annuity β An annuity is an investment or insurance policy that pays someone a fixed sum of money each year.
- defrayment β payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- completion β the act of completing, or finishing
- compact β Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.
- confirmation β the act of confirming
- liquidation β the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.
- determination β Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
- showdown β the laying down of one's cards, face upward, in a card game, especially poker.
- clearance β Clearance is the removal of old buildings, trees, or other things that are not wanted from an area.
- covenant β A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.
- disposition β the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude: a girl with a pleasant disposition.
- termination β the act of terminating.
- adjustment β An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something.
- quietus β a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles: Having given a quietus to the argument, she left.
- conclusion β When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
- trade-off β the exchange of one thing for another of more or less equal value, especially to effect a compromise.
- setoff β something that counterbalances or makes up for something else, as compensation for a loss.
- offset β something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
- recoupment β to get back the equivalent of: to recoup one's losses by a lucky investment.
- amortisation β Alternative spelling of amortization.
- happy medium β a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.