outlay
noun/ˈaʊtleɪ/
/ˈaʊtleɪ/
[countable, uncountable]- outlay (on something) the money that you have to spend in order to start a new project
- The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising.
- a massive financial/capital outlay
Synonyms costscostsspending ▪ expenditure ▪ expenses ▪ overheads ▪ outlay These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business:- labour/production costs
- rising costs
- public spending
- More spending on health was promised.
- expenditure on education
- legal expenses
- travel expenses
- High overheads mean small profit margins.
- The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
- spending/expenditure/outlay on something
- high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads
- total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/outlay
- capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
- household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
- government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
- to increase/reduce costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/the outlay
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessc2- The project would require little financial outlay.
- The railway had made a considerable capital outlay on new rolling stock.
- The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- huge
- large
- …
- make
- require
- recoup
- …
- outlay on
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