as in expense
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
the outlays for the couple's upcoming wedding seem to be multiplying at an incredible rate
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as in to spend
to hand over or use up in payment
the nation had outlaid nearly 20 billion dollars on social programs at that point
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Recent Examples of outlay
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 5 Feb. 2025
The new venture should also not preclude any buybacks given the low capital expenditure outlay, the firm’s analyst Lizzie Dove wrote in a note Tuesday.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 30 Sep. 2022
This is a great time for the interviewer to outlay strategies the company has implemented, and resources that have been allocated.
—Jen Jamula, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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Noun
The company completed the acquisition of Retina Consultants of America, with a cash outlay of $4.4 billion, and issued $1.8 billion in senior notes to finance part of the acquisition.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 5 Feb. 2025
The new venture should also not preclude any buybacks given the low capital expenditure outlay, the firm’s analyst Lizzie Dove wrote in a note Tuesday.
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Feb. 2025
Verb
Farmers have to outlay massive amounts of money at the beginning of the season to pay for everything.
—Sarah Bowman, IndyStar, 30 Sep. 2022
This is a great time for the interviewer to outlay strategies the company has implemented, and resources that have been allocated.
—Jen Jamula, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlay
Noun
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Too often, that comes at the expense of what a club is: its history, its culture, its locality.—
Mark Critchley,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Lining up these alternatives to Russian gas has been costly, OMV says, even though the Austrian government, which owns 31 percent of OMV, contributed a portion of the expense.—
Stanley Reed,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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From feeling the sunshine on your skin to swimming in crystal-clear waters, spending time at the beach can have a healing impact on your wellbeing.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Much has been made of the amount Chelsea have spent on the squad via the transfer market since the takeover, with more than £1billion ($1.3bn) committed to new signings.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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The price impact was muted, one study found, because retailers absorbed much of the cost through lower profit margins.—
Howard Schneider,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Housing costs in California continue to shoot upward, even as the state slowly builds its way out of a decades-long shortage.—
Kate Talerico,
The Mercury News,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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That’s the gameplan, and nobody pays better interest than the Lord.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
26 Feb. 2025
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The resort also pays for the catch the fishermen willing to sell them.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Those expenditures helped defeat a bill that might have led to PBF Energy facing steep penalties for a recent explosion at its Martinez oil refinery.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Whether in good times or bad times, this is an exercise that will always find unnecessary expenditures.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Outlay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlay. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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