capital outlay

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Only about a quarter of this goes toward capital outlay for weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Boston Dynamics will also lease the robots, hoping to bring in customers who might balk at an upfront capital outlay.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Details including potential capital outlay is long awaited for a factory in Mexico's northern state of Nuevo Leon that Tesla announced in March.

From Reuters • Oct. 16, 2023

United were already committed to a significant capital outlay on Old Trafford.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2022

The capital outlay is mainly determined by the number of machines and accessories required and not, within certain limits, by the capacity.

From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph