OUTLAY Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈau̇t-ˌlā

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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verb

ˈau̇t-ˌlā

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

Noun

Inflation has made the monetary amounts seem absurdly small—less than $10 to get a dozen fugitives from Philadelphia to Elmira, New York, for instance, in July 1856—but these cash outlays were literally a matter of life and death, or the death-in-life of slavery. —

Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Jan. 2025 Also adding to show’s bottom-line cost will be post-production outlays, which are not included in the 2023 accounting. —

Tom Tapp, Deadline, 25 Dec. 2024

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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 See all Example Sentences for outlay

Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlay

Noun

Spot offers three types of pet insurance: accident-only, accident-and-illness coverage, and a two-tier wellness policy that covers routine expenses.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025
More frustrating, Fahn said, has been the inability to get a timely payment for living expenses.

— Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025