outlay

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ lay.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

outlay (countable and uncountable, plural outlays)

1. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
2. The spending of money, or an expenditure.

   Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.

3. (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
   • Francis Beaumont

     I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays, and will discover all.

Translations

the spending of money, or an expenditure

• Czech: útrata f, výdaj (cs) m
• Finnish: kulut (fi) pl, menot (fi) pl, kustannukset pl
• Galician: investimento (gl) m
• Hungarian: kiadás (hu), költség (hu)
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• Irish: costas m
• Latin: impensa (la) f, impendium n
• Russian: расходы (ru) pl (rasxody), затраты (ru) pl (zatraty)

Verb

outlay (third-person singular simple present outlays, present participle outlaying, simple past and past participle outlaid)

1. (transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.

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2. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

Translations

to spend, or distribute money

• Czech: utratit (cs) pf, utrácet
• Finnish: käyttää (fi)
• Galician: investir
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• Hungarian: költ (hu), fordít (hu), ráfordít (hu)
• Russian: тра́тить (ru) (trátitʹ), расходовать (ru) (rasxodovatʹ)

Anagrams

• lay out, lay-out, layout