Associations to the word «Outlay»

Wiktionary

OUTLAY, noun. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
OUTLAY, noun. The spending of money, or an expenditure.
OUTLAY, noun. (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
OUTLAY, verb. (transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.
OUTLAY, verb. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

Dictionary definition

OUTLAY, noun. The act of spending or disbursing money.
OUTLAY, noun. Money paid out; an amount spent.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats