capital outlay

Example Sentences

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Only about a quarter of this goes toward capital outlay for weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Boston Dynamics will also lease the robots, hoping to bring in customers who might balk at an upfront capital outlay.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

But after the initial capital outlay for the buses and charging stations, the electric buses are much less expensive to operate.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2023

United were already committed to a significant capital outlay on Old Trafford.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2022

Moreover, the capital outlay must have been so vast that such a scheme could never pay interest upon it.

From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger