outlaynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈaʊt.leɪ/us/ˈaʊt.leɪ/an amount of money spent for a particular purpose, especially as a first investment in something:
For an initial outlay of $2,000 to buy the equipment, you can earn up to $500 a month if the product sells well.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Costs & expenses
- admission
- aliment
- alimony
- asking price
- carrying charge
- charge
- compensation
- corkage
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost-of-living index
- damage
- dent
- flat rate
- indirect cost
- maintenance
- price war
- running costs
- settlement
- stoppage
- worth
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outlay
verb [ T ] uk/ˌaʊtˈleɪ/us/ˌaʊtˈleɪ/outlaid, outlaid mainly US
In the first year we outlaid thousands of dollars on computers.