outlay

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

outlay
    n 1: the act of spending or disbursing money [syn: {spending},
         {disbursement}, {disbursal}, {outlay}]
    2: money paid out; an amount spent [syn: {outgo}, {spending},
       {expenditure}, {outlay}] [ant: {income}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Outlay \Out*lay"\, v. t.
   To lay out; to spread out; to display. [R.] --Drayton.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Outlay \Out"lay`\, n.
   1. A laying out or expending.
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   2. That which is expended; expenditure.
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   3. An outlying haunt. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "outlay":
      budget, cost, cost out, disburse, disbursement, expend,
      expenditure, expense, fork out, give, go through, incur costs,
      invest, lay out, money going out, open the purse, outflow, outgo,
      outgoings, pay, pay out, payment, put out, run through, schedule,
      shell out, sink money in, spend, spending, spendings, splurge,
      squander, throw money around

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