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outlay

outlay

19 6.9
An amount of money spent on something
  • noun
  • /ˈaʊtleɪ/
translation icon : gasto
  • The average annual outlay for a rural practice is $14,000 or higher.
  • capital outlay
  • a large outlay
  • the total outlay

You will basically be able to earn your points or your cash back and no outlay upfront.

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Examples

  • The tax-deductible status of this outlay saves the industry more than $1 billion in taxes each year.

    Academic text (1997)

  • It's a big initial outlay.

    The Goldfinch (2019)

  • This is a huge financial outlay for anybody else.

  • Are you worried about the capital outlay?

    Can't Buy Me Love (1987)

  • Systems investments are complex decisions that call for large outlays of financial resources.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Many types of investments require large capital outlays without the prospect of immediate return.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The cost of litigation is a real problem and can result in dollar outlays for legal assistance as well.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Unfortunately, this kind of infrastructure represents a significant financial outlay, one that would also add to the workload of agricultural operators.

    Academic text (2012)

  • For highways only, the outlay for 2010 was $100,180,000,000 for construction and $48,770,000,000 for highway maintenance.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The company's new project requires a substantial outlay of funds to get started.

Synonyms

cost
vsoutlay
∞ 1.0

The amount of money needed to buy or do something

refers to actual money spent rather than the required price
spending
vsoutlay
∞ 1.7

Money used to buy goods and services

also covers amounts spent but emphasizes the action of payment
expense
vsoutlay
524 2.7

An amount of money spent for work or business

is broader covering any payment not only business items
expenditure
vsoutlay
114 5.6

Money that a person or organization spends

focuses more on money spent rather than other resources
disbursement
vsoutlay
  • Specialized
9 6.7

A payment of money from a fund or account

is more general naming both the act and the amount spent
disbursal
vsoutlay
  • Specialized
1 7.7

Paying out money from a fund

is the general term for spending or the payment action
outgo
vsoutlay
1 7.0

Money that a person or company spends

is the same meaning but expressed as an alternative term

Antonyms

income
∞ 1.2

Money a person or family receives regularly from work and investments

How Much

investment
∞ 3.2
outlay
19 6.9
cost
∞ 1.0
charge
755 2.3

Surface Forms

outlay singular
outlays plural

Etymology

Outlay is made of out and lay, where lay means 'to put' and out means 'out' or 'away'. It comes from the idea of 'putting money out', so an outlay is the money you spend.