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out⋅lay

  [n. out-ley; v. out-ley] noun, verb, -laid, -lay⋅ing.
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–noun
1. an expending or spending, as of money.
2. an amount expended; expenditure.
–verb (used with object)
3. to expend, as money.
Origin:
1545–55; out- + lay 1
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out·lay   (out'lā')   
n.  
  1. The spending or disbursement of money: the weekly outlay on groceries.
  2. An amount spent; an expenditure: "huge new outlays for the military" (New York Times).
tr.v.   (out-lā') out·laid (-lād'), out·lay·ing, out·lays
To spend or disburse (money).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Outlay

Out*lay"\, v. t. To lay out; to spread out; to display. [R.] --Drayton.

Outlay

Out"lay`\, n. 1. A laying out or expending.

2. That which is expended; expenditure.

3. An outlying haunt. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : outlay
Spanish: gastos,
German: die Auslage,
Japanese: 支出
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outlay 
"act or fact of laying out (especially money) or expending," 1798, originally Scottish, from out + lay (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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