1
: the act of expending
2
: expenditure, payment
outlays for national defense
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Verb
the nation had outlaid nearly 20 billion dollars on social programs at that point
Noun
The initial outlay for the program will be 2.4 million dollars.
Maintaining a horse requires considerable outlay.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
This is a huge win for builders who have to outlay a lot of capital to purchase land and are hesitant to get into warehouse space because of the additional CAPEX said Tim Sullivan, senior managing principal at Zonda, a nationwide data and media group.
—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 7 July 2021
Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Net of interest earned on the government’s investments, the total was a record $882 billion, the third-largest outlay in the budget, outstripping all other items except Social Security and health care.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Linear ratings are in decline and ad demand has been muted for several quarters owing to economic unrest and changes in how Madison Avenue outlays its dollars for media.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
This is a huge win for builders who have to outlay a lot of capital to purchase land and are hesitant to get into warehouse space because of the additional CAPEX said Tim Sullivan, senior managing principal at Zonda, a nationwide data and media group.
—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 7 July 2021
Noun
Decades of crises, narrow margins, and an over-consolidated supply chain have made airlines cautious with respect to capital outlays.
—Dean Donovan, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Net of interest earned on the government’s investments, the total was a record $882 billion, the third-largest outlay in the budget, outstripping all other items except Social Security and health care.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Outlay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outlay. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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