outlay

outlay
I. transitive verb (outlaid; -laying) Date: 1802 to lay out (money) ; expend II. noun Date: 1798 1. the act of expending 2. expenditure, payment <
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  • outlay — out‧lay [ˈaʊtleɪ] noun [countable, uncountable] FINANCE an amount of money that has to be spent, especially at the start of a new business, project etc: • The company s initial outlay would be about $56m. ˌcapital ˈoutlay FINANCE money spent on… …   Financial and business terms

  • Outlay — Out*lay , v. t. To lay out; to spread out; to display. [R.] Drayton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Outlay — Out lay , n. 1. A laying out or expending. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is expended; expenditure. [1913 Webster] 3. An outlying haunt. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • outlay — I noun amount expended, budgeted items, charge, cost, disbursement, expenditure, expense, impensa, outgo, payment, spending, sumptus II index bear the expense, charge (cost) …   Law dictionary

  • outlay — (n.) act or fact of laying out (especially money) or expending, 1798, originally Scottish, from OUT (Cf. out) + LAY (Cf. lay) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • outlay — [n] expenses bite*, bottom line*, charge, cost, damage, disbursement, expenditure, expense, highway robbery*, investment, price tag, score*, setback*, spending, tab*, throw*, tune*; concept 344 Ant. income, pay …   New thesaurus

  • outlay — ► NOUN ▪ an amount of money spent …   English terms dictionary

  • outlay — [out′lā΄; ] for v. [ out lā′, out′lā΄] n. 1. a spending (of money, energy, etc.) 2. money, etc. spent vt. outlaid, outlaying to spend (money) …   English World dictionary

  • outlay — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, huge, large, massive ▪ modest (esp. BrE), small ▪ initial ▪ T …   Collocations dictionary

  • outlay — out|lay [ˈautleı] n [U and C] the amount of money that you have to spend in order to start a new business, activity etc →↑expense, cost ↑cost small/modest/considerable/large etc outlay ▪ For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • outlay — [[t]a͟ʊtleɪ[/t]] outlays N VAR: usu with supp Outlay is the amount of money that you have to spend in order to buy something or start a project. Apart from the capital outlay of buying the machine, dishwashers can actually save you money... A… …   English dictionary

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