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outlay

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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).
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Word Origin & History

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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