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outlay

[aut-lay, aut-lay] / ˈaʊtˌleɪ, ˌaʊtˈleɪ /


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Still, he said, his monthly outlay for one child is about $700.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

That outlay was vital in making them England's most successful club, and would surely have been heavily reduced had they not knowingly broken the rules, as the independent commission concluded.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

On top of the purchase price, FSG have since facilitated intra-group loans of about £218m, meaning a total outlay of about £518m.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The company has previously said that promotional outlay is focused on Aperol, its biggest seller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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

The war-torn country initially used its own revenues to pay for defence spending but has increasingly relied on foreign backers for these outlays.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Business investment was up, with a rise in spending on machinery and equipment as well outlays on engineering structures, following two straight quarters of declines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The U.S. now spends $1 trillion yearly, or 15% of its total outlays, on interest expenses, which is more than it spends on healthcare or national defense, according to Treasury data.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Given that elevated earnings in those stocks are expected to hold up for the next two years, he said, investors will eventually recoup most of their initial outlays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The question of idle time does not enter into computations of the year's possible income and necessary outlays.

From The Leaven in a Great City by Lillian William Betts

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

And, I charge you, see All, in the sun and open air, outlaid Ten days and nights, and five days in the shade.

From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon

Once again they were big spenders, outlaying £349m on 11 signings such as Morgan Rogers, Maxence Lacroix and Emiliano Martinez.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

This part of the coast is bold too, and is free from outlaying dangers, the depth of water from two to three miles off shore being taken between 16 and 29 fathoms.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by George Grey




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