outlay

outlay
noun
ADJECTIVE
considerable, huge, large, massive
modest (esp. BrE), small
initial

The revenue from the farm could repay the initial outlay within three years.

total
capital, cash, financial, investment
VERB + OUTLAY
make
require

The project would require little financial outlay.

recoup, recover (both esp. BrE)
PREPOSITION
outlay on

The company had made a considerable capital outlay on property.


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  • outlay — out‧lay [ˈaʊtleɪ] noun [countable, uncountable] FINANCE an amount of money that has to be spent, especially at the start of a new business, project etc: • The company s initial outlay would be about $56m. ˌcapital ˈoutlay FINANCE money spent on… …   Financial and business terms

  • Outlay — Out*lay , v. t. To lay out; to spread out; to display. [R.] Drayton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Outlay — Out lay , n. 1. A laying out or expending. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is expended; expenditure. [1913 Webster] 3. An outlying haunt. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • outlay — I noun amount expended, budgeted items, charge, cost, disbursement, expenditure, expense, impensa, outgo, payment, spending, sumptus II index bear the expense, charge (cost) …   Law dictionary

  • outlay — (n.) act or fact of laying out (especially money) or expending, 1798, originally Scottish, from OUT (Cf. out) + LAY (Cf. lay) (v.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • outlay — [n] expenses bite*, bottom line*, charge, cost, damage, disbursement, expenditure, expense, highway robbery*, investment, price tag, score*, setback*, spending, tab*, throw*, tune*; concept 344 Ant. income, pay …   New thesaurus

  • outlay — ► NOUN ▪ an amount of money spent …   English terms dictionary

  • outlay — [out′lā΄; ] for v. [ out lā′, out′lā΄] n. 1. a spending (of money, energy, etc.) 2. money, etc. spent vt. outlaid, outlaying to spend (money) …   English World dictionary

  • outlay — out|lay [ˈautleı] n [U and C] the amount of money that you have to spend in order to start a new business, activity etc →↑expense, cost ↑cost small/modest/considerable/large etc outlay ▪ For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • outlay — [[t]a͟ʊtleɪ[/t]] outlays N VAR: usu with supp Outlay is the amount of money that you have to spend in order to buy something or start a project. Apart from the capital outlay of buying the machine, dishwashers can actually save you money... A… …   English dictionary

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