outlay

C2+ Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈaʊtˌleɪ/ UK /ˈaʊtleɪ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an amount of money spent on something

The initial outlay for equipment was recovered within a year.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an amount of money spent on... expenditure expense cost disbursement spending outgo investment

Opposites

income return revenue savings

Word family

Related forms layoutlaid

Etymology

From out- plus lay (in the sense 'to lay out, expend'), on the model of lay out money. First attested as a noun for money expended.

ūt Old English lecgan Old English

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Topics

Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives

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# outlay

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈaʊtˌleɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈaʊtleɪ/

## Meanings
1. an amount of money spent on something

## Examples
- The initial outlay for equipment was recovered within a year.

## Synonyms
- expenditure
- expense
- cost
- disbursement
- spending
- outgo
- investment

## Antonyms
- income
- return
- revenue
- savings

## Related Forms
- lay
- outlaid

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ūt
- Root: lecgan

## Etymology
From out- plus lay (in the sense 'to lay out, expend'), on the model of lay out money. First attested as a noun for money expended.

## AI Etymology
Outlay is from out- plus lay (in the sense 'to lay out, expend'), on the model of lay out money. First attested as a noun for money expended. Important recorded forms include ūt (Old English) and lecgan (Old English). The current sense covers an amount of money spent on something. The wider family includes related words such as lay and outlaid.

## Topics
- Money & Finance
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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