outlay
Use Outlay in a sentence
noun
1.
an expending or spending, as of money.
2.
an amount expended; expenditure.
verb (used with object)
3.
to expend, as money.
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| outlay | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an expenditure of money, effort, etc |
| —vb , -lays, -laying, -laid | |
| 2. | (tr) to spend (money) |
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Outlay
is one of our favorite verbs.
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Example sentences
Despite the outbreak of peace, this week's government budget awarded the biggest outlay to defence.
The outlay by the government in accomplishing this was nothing, or nearly nothing.
To me, the timelapse photography only serves to emphasize the enormous outlay of time required for these kinds of excursions.
But once the initial outlay is made, the process should be reasonably inexpensive to operate.
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