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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| subsidize | /xx  | Verb, Verb  | 
| reimburse | xx/  | Verb  | 
| underwrite | /xx  | Verb  | 
| recoup | x/  | Verb  | 
| expense | x/  | Noun  | 
| incur | x/  | Verb  | 
| subsidise | /xx  | Verb  | 
| contribute | x/x  | Verb  | 
| fund | /  | Noun  | 
| cost | /  | Noun  | 
| relieve | x/  | Verb  | 
| expended | x/x  | Verb  | 
| justify | /xx  | Verb  | 
| procure | x/  | Verb  | 
| alleviate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| charge | /  | Noun  | 
| facilitate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| compensate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| reduce | x/  | Verb  | 
| outlay | /x  | Noun  | 
| augment | x/  | Verb  | 
| aiding | /x  | Verb  | 
| helping | /x  | Verb  | 
| deducting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| pay | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| benefit | /xx  | Noun  | 
| mitigate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| assist | x/  | Verb  | 
| repay | x/  | Verb  | 
| levy | /x  | Verb  | 
| amortize | /xx  | Verb  | 
| assuage | x/  | Verb  | 
| expedite | /xx  | Verb  | 
| counteract | /xx  | Verb  | 
| allay | x/  | Verb  | 
| obviating | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| furnish | /x  | Verb  | 
| upkeep | /x  | Noun  | 
| offsetting | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| proceeds | x/  | Noun  | 
| disburse | x/  | Verb  | 
| authorizing | /xxx  | Verb  | 
| sponsoring | /xx  | Verb  | 
| stipend | /x  | Noun  | 
| waive | /  | Verb  | 
| expenditure | x/xx  | Noun  | 
| economize | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| sustain | x/  | Verb  | 
| donating | /xx  | Verb  | 
| raise | /  | Verb  | 
| bolstering | /xx  | Verb  | 
| induce | x/  | Verb  | 
| remitting | x/x  | Adjective  | 
| promote | x/  | Verb  | 
| permitting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| extort | x/  | Verb  | 
| forestalling | x/x  | Verb  | 
| forgo | x/  | Verb  | 
| preclude | x/  | Verb  | 
| insure | x/  | Verb  | 
| supporting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| exorbitant | x/xx  | Adjective  | 
| boosting | /x  | Verb  | 
| prevent | x/  | Verb  | 
| transporting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| accrue | x/  | Noun  | 
| administering | x/xxx  | Verb  | 
| preparing | x/x  | Verb  | 
| quelling | /x  | Verb  | 
| ameliorate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| legitimize | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| cover | /x  | Noun  | 
| bringing | /x  | Verb  | 
| increase | x/  | Noun  | 
| entitling | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| saving | /x  | Noun  | 
| dissuade | x/  | Verb  | 
| managing | /xx  | Noun  | 
| accompany | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| pledging | /x  | Verb  | 
| exempting | x/x  | Verb  | 
| recover | x/x  | Verb  | 
| affording | x/x  | Verb  | 
| burdening | /xx  | Verb  | 
| defer | x/  | Verb  | 
| abate | x/  | Noun  | 
| discharge | x/  | Noun  | 
| fray | /  | Noun  | 
| absorb | x/  | Verb  | 
| cough up | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| acquit | x/  | Verb  | 
| release | x/  | Noun  | 
| dispense | x/  | Verb  | 
| absolve | x/  | Verb  | 
| work off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| default | x/  | Noun  | 
| fail | /  | Verb  | 
| quit | /  | Verb  | 
| deliver | x/x  | Verb  | 
| serve out | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| foot | /  | Noun  | 
| defraud | x/  | Verb  | 
| liquidate | /xx  | Verb  | 
| deflate | x/  | Verb  | 
| write off | //  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| drop | /  | Noun  | 
| shell out | //  | Phrase, Verb, Noun  | 
| retire | x/  | Verb  | 
| pay the freight | /xx  | Phrase, Verb  | 
| repudiate | x/xx  | Verb  | 
| redeem | x/  | Verb  | 
| deposit | x/x  | Noun  | 
| defame | x/  | Verb  | 
| task | /  | Noun  | 
| exceeding | x/x  | Verb  | 
| postage | /x  | Noun  | 
| appropriated | x/xxx  | Verb  | 
| salaries | /xx  | Noun  | 
| subscribed | x/  | Verb  | 
| appropriation | xxx/x  | Noun  | 
| partially | /xx  | Adverb  | 
| sufficed | x/  | Verb  | 
| accommodate | x/xx  | Verb, Adjective  | 
| assume | x/  | Verb  | 
| bear | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| encompass | x/x  | Verb  | 
| fill | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| finance | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| hedge | /  | Noun, Verb  | 
| meet | /  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| payable | /xx  | Adjective, Noun  | 
| provide | x/  | Verb  | 
| refund | x/  | Noun, Verb  | 
| shoulder | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| withstand | x/  | Verb  | 
| breakeven | /xx  | Verb, Noun, Adjective  | 
| get | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| off | /  | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun  | 
| tell | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| milestone | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| die | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| backwater | /xx  | Noun, Verb  | 
| fall | /  | Verb, Noun  | 
| stonewall | /x  | Name, Verb, Adjective  | 
| no | /  | Noun, Adverb, Adjective  | 
| headlines | /x  | Noun  | 
| stovepipe | /x  | Noun, Verb  | 
| anymore | xx/  | Adverb  | 
| sorta | /x  | Adverb  | 
