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Webster 1913 Edition


Outlay

Out-lay′

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Verb.
T.
To lay out; to spread out; to display.
[R.]
Drayton.

Out′layˊ

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Noun.
1.
A laying out or expending.
2.
That which is expended; expenditure.
3.
An outlying haunt.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition


Outlay

OUT'LAY

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Noun.
A laying out or expending; expenditure.

Definition 2024


outlay

outlay

English

Noun

outlay (uncountable)

  1. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
  2. The spending of money, or an expenditure.
    Without too much outlay you could buy a dictionary.
  3. (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
    I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays, and will discover all. ― Francis Beaumont.

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outlay (third-person singular simple present outlays, present participle outlaying, simple past and past participle outlaid)

  1. (transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
  2. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

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