outlay

Skeptics may grumble about a bubble, but capital outlay is reckless only if it fails to earn its keep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Going into extra time was a bonus as far as I was concerned, because I was getting extra value from the outlay for my ticket.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

That’s a manageable outlay for a family making $75,000 but nearly half the monthly income of someone who earns $35,000 at the local minimum wage.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

This allows Western Digital to take down the convert overhang and reduce gross debt while limiting the cash outlay and managing incremental dilution, according to the analysts.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

The amount spent for research was therefore a small fraction of 1 per cent of the outlay for the chemical program.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Most planned to increase outlays on cloud computing, while relatively few plan to spend more on their own computing equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

While its outlays on AI are nothing compared with those of Big Tech, an upgrade to $5.8 billion of spending in the second quarter put investors on edge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

But both know that investors are skittish about a spending surge that has yet to deliver returns good enough to justify the outlays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“The bottom line is that business investment outlays remain robust, powered in large part by the AI buildout,” said Stephen Stanley, chief U.S. economist at Santander Capital Markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Vespasian estimated that the sum of $2,000,000,000 was required to make the necessary outlays.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

Last summer, Premier League clubs outlaid more than ever before in the transfer window as spending surpassed £3bn.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

This summer, Premier League clubs outlaid more than ever before in the transfer window as spending surpassed £3bn.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025

“It’s a very real risk that Hector Luis Garcia will upend some very carefully outlaid plans,” Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza told The Washington Times.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2022

The Senegal international was even viewed by some as a temporary alternative to the error-prone Kepa Arrizabalaga, with his £22m move from Rennes a fraction of the £71m outlaid on the Spaniard.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2021

The forms outlaid upon them were enwound As with the silence of eternity.

From Song-Surf by Cale Young Rice

Meta now anticipates outlaying $70 billion to $72 billion on capital expenditures this year, up from $39 billion last year, and expects its capex growth in dollars to be even higher next year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2025

It may be a lot of pressure for young shoulders, but after outlaying what he wants to achieve by the time he's 25, Maca is taking the expectations in his stride.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025

Cities that installed ShotSpotter in the past bought the equipment and managed the alerts themselves — a model that often involved outlaying hundreds of thousands of dollars.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2012

Everyone is out to do the job, possibly because that kind was not content to sit at desks and found their way to ships and outlaying bases.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then cam the sough, as pleasant to the ears o' Kingsbarns as the whistlin' winds to the outlaying bluegowns, that his victim was burned.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various