outlay

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ lay.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtleɪ/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /aʊtˈleɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

outlay (countable and uncountable, plural outlays)

1. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.

   • Laying Out definition

     present participle and gerund of lay out

   • Expending definition

     present participle and gerund of expend
2. The spending of money, or an expenditure.

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

   • 1945 March and April, T. F. Cameron, “New Works Procedure”, in Railway Magazine, page 72:

     Regard must be had to the extent to which the original capital outlay has not been covered by the sum of the annual provisions for renewal, that is to say, in insurance terms, to the unexpired life of the original work, although this financial factor has to be modified in the light of the actual physical condition of the work to be replaced.

   • 2023 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea Champions League exit: Where do 'disjointed, broken' Blues go from here?”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Getting the right manager has just been made more difficult by not having Champions League to offer. There will also be a huge churn of players after the lavish, unrewarding outlay this season.

   • Spending definition

     gerund of spend, expenditure. (1 of 2 spending definitions)

   • Money definition

     A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply. (1 of 8 money definitions)

   • Expenditure definition

     Act of expending or paying out. (1 of 2 expenditure definitions)
3. (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
   • c. 1609, Francis Beaumont, Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding:

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

   • Remote definition

     At a distance; disconnected. (1 of 4 remote definitions)

   • Haunt definition

     To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). (1 of 7 haunt definitions)

Translations

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.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes; I. Browne; I. Helme; I. Busbie, published 1613, →OCLC:

     Their boggy breasts out-lay, and Skipton down doth crawl

   • Expose definition

     (1 of 7 expose definitions)

   • Display definition

     A show or spectacle. (1 of 5 display definitions)
2. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

   • Spend definition

     To pay out (money). (1 of 9 spend definitions)

   • Distribute definition

     (1 of 18 distribute definitions)

Translations

Anagrams

• lay out, lay-out, layout