OUTLAY (outlaid)

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Irregular inflected form: outlaid   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does outlay mean? 

• OUTLAY (noun)
  The noun OUTLAY has 2 senses:

1. the act of spending or disbursing money

2. money paid out; an amount spent

  Familiarity information: OUTLAY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OUTLAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of spending or disbursing money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disbursal; disbursement; outlay; spending

Hypernyms ("outlay" is a kind of...):

defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outlay"):

expending; expenditure (the act of spending money for goods or services)

compensatory spending; deficit spending; pump priming (spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Money paid out; an amount spent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

expenditure; outgo; outlay; spending

Hypernyms ("outlay" is a kind of...):

transferred possession; transferred property (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outlay"):

cost (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)

expense (money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer)

transfer payment (a public expenditure (as for unemployment compensation or veteran's benefits) that is not for goods and services)

 Context examples 

Changes at home always require a substantial outlay of cash, but it seems you will have the money you need to start this month.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Very well, Amy, if your heart is set upon it, and you see your way through without too great an outlay of money, time, and temper, I'll say no more.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Ultimate; final; remaining after all deductions, outlay, or loss.

(Net, NCI Thesaurus)

Besides this preliminary outlay, he must be prepared to keep himself for some years, and to hire a presentable carriage and horse.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Surely there are some ways in which I might begin life with hardly any outlay, and yet begin with a good hope of getting on by resolution and exertion.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Lifestyle changes like moving, buying, selling, or renting property, or renovating, making repairs, or decorating often require a considerable outlay of cash.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Being still too young to go often to the theater, and not rich enough to afford any great outlay for private performances, the girls put their wits to work, and necessity being the mother of invention, made whatever they needed.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)