1. The act of spending or disbursing money
   "The government's outlay for infrastructure was significant";
   - spending, disbursement, disbursal
    
2. Money paid out; an amount spent
   "Their monthly outlay exceeded their income, leading to financial difficulties";
   - outgo [archaic], spending, expenditure, spend

1. Spend or disburse money for a particular purpose
   "The company outlay a significant amount on the new project"

Derived forms: outlaying, outlays, outlaid

Type of: defrayal, defrayment, payment, transferred possession, transferred property

Encyclopedia: Outlay