Synonym: expense, spending. Similar words: outlaw, outlast, outlawed, cutlass, outlandish, burst out laughing, outlet, butler. Meaning: ['aʊtleɪ] 
n. 1. the act of spending or disbursing money 2. money paid out.
n. 1. the act of spending or disbursing money 2. money paid out. 
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1. For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home hairdressing business.
2. For an initial outlay of £2000 to buy the equipment, you should be earning up to £500 a month if the product sells well.
3. There was very little outlay on new machinery.
4. The project would require little financial outlay.
5. The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising.
6. House buyers usually have a large initial outlay on carpets and furniture.
7. Apart from the capital outlay of buying the machine, dishwashers can actually save you money.
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8. The railway had made a considerable capital outlay on new rolling stock.
9. You can expect a higher outlay for rent in a city than in the country.
10. All for a remarkably small outlay.
11. These braces are costly but well worth the outlay if the alternative is to stop skiing altogether.
12. Most involve no capital outlay, being supplied under the discounted electricity purchase scheme.
13. As long as we have recovered the outlay I m not fussed.
14. They must not demand a very high cash outlay or demand a very high degree of risk thereby endangering subsistence.
15. They estimate they will have recouped the ￡500 outlay within seven years.
16. You don't grudge the outlay when you get a letter like that.
17. This matched the initial outlay by the city, regional and provincial governments for the building and a ￡20 million permanent collection.
18. The ostensible reason for this outlay was that kerosene was the lighting fuel of the poor.
19. The initial outlay is quite low and the information here is based on using equipment and ingredients that are freely available.
20. A complete picture for the DoI's 1982-83 cash outlay is difficult to build up.
21. This, coupled with the minimal outlay in terms of resources, time, and indeed effort, results in enticing rewards.
22. The revenue from the farm could repay the initial outlay within three years.
23. You can start a fast-food franchise for a relatively modest outlay.
24. Those financing the advertising of parties expect to receive a return on their outlay.
25. He thinks they would cost too much in capital outlay and year-round maintenance.
26. He had a manufacturing business to launch-one that required a major capital outlay to get going.
27. But the cost of conversion often pushed the total outlay way over the property's market value.
28. With the high pressure pumps and piping required, the initial outlay at Aonach Mor on their one cannon is ￡35,000.
29. Modifying current equipment enables them to minimise new capital outlay while the product is being launched and its success evaluated.
30. This allows the small company with little planning expertise to gain experience for an outlay at the ￡100 level.
More similar words: outlaw, outlast, outlawed, cutlass, outlandish, burst out laughing, outlet, butler, outlook, outline, outlive, cutlery, outlying, atlas, wetland, jet lag, at last, scotland, at large, atlantic, straitlaced, antitrust law, poet laureate, transatlantic, lay, lay out, flay, clay, play, allay.