"outlay" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈaʊtleɪ/, /aʊtˈleɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outlay.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outlay2.wav Forms: outlays [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From out- + lay. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|lay}} out- + lay Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} outlay (countable and uncountable, plural outlays)
  1. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. The spending of money, or an expenditure. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the spending of money, or an expenditure): مَصْرُوف (maṣrūf) [masculine] (Arabic), مَصَارِيف (maṣārīf) [plural] (Arabic), расхо́д (rasxód) [masculine] (Belarusian), выда́так (vydátak) [masculine] (Belarusian), ра́зход (rázhod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), разно́ски (raznóski) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), 費用 (Chinese Mandarin), 费用 (fèiyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), útrata [feminine] (Czech), výdaj [masculine] (Czech), udlæg [neuter] (Danish), kulut [plural] (Finnish), menot [plural] (Finnish), kustannukset [plural] (Finnish), dépense [feminine] (French), investimento [masculine] (Galician), Ausgabe [feminine] (German), Aufwand [masculine] (German), kiadás (Hungarian), költség (Hungarian), costas [masculine] (Irish), 支出 (shishutsu) (alt: ししゅつ) (Japanese), 費用 (hiyō) (alt: ひよう) (Japanese), 비용 (biyong) (alt: 費用) (Korean), impensa [feminine] (Latin), impendium [neuter] (Latin), расхо́ды (rasxódy) [masculine, plural] (Russian), затра́ты (zatráty) [feminine, plural] (Russian), gasto [masculine] (Spanish), розхі́д (rozxíd) [masculine] (Ukrainian), вида́ток (vydátok) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-outlay-en-noun-AVgKDnVh Disambiguation of 'the spending of money, or an expenditure': 2 98 1
  3. (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-outlay-en-noun-11SjxwdL Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 5 19 32 10

Verb

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Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From out- + lay. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|lay}} out- + lay Head templates: {{en-verb|outlays|outlaying|outlaid}} 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. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outlay-en-verb-FCcpKRwq Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out-, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 34 8 9 38 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 33 5 19 32 10
  2. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money. Tags: transitive Translations (to spend, or distribute money): харча (harča) (Bulgarian), gastar (Catalan), utratit [perfective] (Czech), utrácet (Czech), käyttää (Finnish), dépenser (French), investir (Galician), költ (Hungarian), fordít (Hungarian), ráfordít (Hungarian), spensar (Ido), spendere (Italian), тра́тить (trátitʹ) (Russian), расходовать (rasxodovatʹ) (Russian), gastar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-outlay-en-verb-UtzKtw9- Categories (other): English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 34 8 9 38 12 Disambiguation of 'to spend, or distribute money': 3 97

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          "text": "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.",
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          "word": "investimento"
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          "alt": "ひよう",
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          "word": "비용"
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          "word": "gasto"
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-outlay.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-outlay.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-outlay.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-outlay.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aʊtˈleɪ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outlay2.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-outlay2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-outlay2.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5a/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-outlay2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-outlay2.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "harča",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "харча"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "gastar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "utratit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "utrácet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "käyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "dépenser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "investir"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "költ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "fordít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "ráfordít"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "spensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "spendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trátitʹ",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "тра́тить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasxodovatʹ",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "расходовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to spend, or distribute money",
      "word": "gastar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "outlay"
}

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