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.
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.

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.

Translations

the spending of money, or an expenditure

• Arabic: مَصْرُوف m (maṣrūf), مَصَارِيف pl (maṣārīf)
• Belarusian: расхо́д m (rasxód), выда́так m (vydátak)
• Bulgarian: ра́зход (bg) m (rázhod), разно́ски (bg) f pl (raznóski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 費用ひよう／费用 (zh) (fèiyòng)

• Czech: útrata f, výdaj (cs) m
• Danish: udlæg n
• Finnish: kulut (fi) pl, menot (fi) pl, kustannukset (fi) pl
• French: dépense (fr) f
• Galician: investimento (gl) m
• German: Ausgabe (de) f, Aufwand (de) m
• Hungarian: kiadás (hu), költség (hu)
• Irish: costas m
• Japanese: 支出ししゅつ (ja) (ししゅつ, shishutsu), 費用ひよう (ja) (ひよう, hiyō)
• Korean: 비용(費用ひよう) (ko) (biyong)
• Latin: impensa (la) f, impendium n
• Russian: расхо́ды (ru) m pl (rasxódy), затра́ты (ru) f pl (zatráty)
• Spanish: gasto (es) m
• Ukrainian: розхі́д m (rozxíd), вида́ток m (vydátok)

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[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, published 1613, →OCLC:

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

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

Translations

to spend, or distribute money

• Bulgarian: харча (bg) (harča)
• Catalan: gastar (ca)
• Czech: utratit (cs) pf, utrácet
• Finnish: käyttää (fi)
• French: dépenser (fr)
• Galician: investir (gl)
• Hungarian: költ (hu), fordít (hu), ráfordít (hu)
• Ido: spensar (io)
• Italian: spendere (it)
• Russian: тра́тить (ru) (trátitʹ), расходовать (ru) (rasxodovatʹ)
• Spanish: gastar (es)

Anagrams

• lay out, lay-out, layout