Definitions for outlay

outlay out·lay

Spelling: [noun out-ley; verb out-ley]
IPA: /noun ˈaʊtˌleɪ; verb ˌaʊtˈleɪ/

Outlay is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in outlay (alotuy).

Definitions for outlay

noun

  1. an expending or spending, as of money.
  2. an amount expended; expenditure.

verb (used with object)

  1. to expend, as money.

Origin of outlay

First recorded in 1545-55; out- + lay1

Examples for outlay

We mistake the outlay of money for an expenditure of sympathy.

Mrs. Lynn had rather rebelled against the outlay on Sarah's education.

This will recoup him for his outlay, because the working capital has not been touched.

The meaning is discovered, but at too great an outlay of vitality.

Nearly all this outlay was made before the beginning of the first trip.

Persuading myself that I had no real need of this and that, I reduced my weekly outlay.

But things maunna be gotten at the outlay o' mair than they're worth.

The Boches and the Poissons also sneered with an extraordinary display and outlay of grief.

The outlay will be large, but it must be feasible; how can it, if the labour of thousands is not cheap?

The Directors would consent to no outlay from the society's funds.

Word Value for outlay
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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