Sentence:  Operating budget for the day schools in the five counties of Dallas , Harris , Bexar , Tarrant and El Paso would be $ 451500 , which would be a savings of $ 157460 yearly after the first year 's capital outlay of $ 88000 was <WSD>absorbed</WSD> , Parkhouse told the Senate . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  take up, as of debts or payments