1. A plan or design of something that is laid out
   "The architect presented a layout of the proposed office building"
    
2. The act of laying out (as by making plans for something)
   "The layout of the new office space was carefully considered"; "She spent hours on the layout of her garden"

1. Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
   "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments";
   - range, array, set out
    
2. Provide a detailed plan or design
   "She laid out her plans for the new house"
    
3. Get ready for a particular purpose or event
   "lay out the tools for the surgery";
   - set up, set
    
4. Tell or show, often with explanation and alternatives
   "We laid out the arguments to him";
   - present, represent
    
5. Spend or invest
   "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"; "lay out thousands on gold"

Derived forms: laid out, laying out, lays out, layouts

Type of: arrange, design, drop, expend, fix, gear up, order, ordering, plan, prepare, ready, say, set, set up, spend, state, tell

Encyclopedia: Layout