outlay
noun
- the amount of money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or activity
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈaʊtleɪ/ / /aʊtˈleɪ/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English lay English outlay From out- + lay.
- A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
- The spending of money, or an expenditure.
“Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.”
“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.”
- A remote haunt or habitation.
“I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays, and will discover all.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English lay English outlay From out- + lay.
- To lay or spread out; expose; display.
“Their boggy breasts out-lay, and Skipton down doth crawl”
- To spend, or distribute money.