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outlay

[aut-lay, aut-lay] / ˈaʊtˌleɪ, ˌaʊtˈleɪ /


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That is similar to what has happened at Spurs, where the board backed Roberto de Zerbi to the hilt with an outlay on new players of around £400m.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

LSU has shelled out more than $40 million in NIL payments to its roster this season, an outlay that helped it build the top transfer recruiting class in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

On top of the purchase price, FSG have since facilitated intra-group loans of about £218m, meaning a total outlay of about £518m.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The company has previously said that promotional outlay is focused on Aperol, its biggest seller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The amount spent for research was therefore a small fraction of 1 per cent of the outlay for the chemical program.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Additionally, roughly 90% of CoreWeave’s capital outlays are financed through delayed draw term loans secured directly by Nvidia hardware assets, creating a tangible collateral base for lenders.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

The war-torn country initially used its own revenues to pay for defence spending but has increasingly relied on foreign backers for these outlays.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Some of the big tech companies that have fueled the boom are free-cash-flow negative because of their AI outlays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Business investment was up, with a rise in spending on machinery and equipment as well outlays on engineering structures, following two straight quarters of declines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Whatever happened this was secure, and she had already in the first hour planned new outlays which would make Lucy's beneficence very little of a permanent advantage.

From Sir Tom by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Last summer, Premier League clubs outlaid more than ever before in the transfer window as spending surpassed £3bn.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

This summer, Premier League clubs outlaid more than ever before in the transfer window as spending surpassed £3bn.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025

“It’s a very real risk that Hector Luis Garcia will upend some very carefully outlaid plans,” Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza told The Washington Times.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2022

The Senegal international was even viewed by some as a temporary alternative to the error-prone Kepa Arrizabalaga, with his £22m move from Rennes a fraction of the £71m outlaid on the Spaniard.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2021

However, the three had the consolation of regaining the money they had outlaid upon their project, and also of having started a very popular scheme.

From Just Gerry by Christine Chaundler

Once again they were big spenders, outlaying £349m on 11 signings such as Morgan Rogers, Maxence Lacroix and Emiliano Martinez.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Meta now anticipates outlaying $70 billion to $72 billion on capital expenditures this year, up from $39 billion last year, and expects its capex growth in dollars to be even higher next year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2025

It may be a lot of pressure for young shoulders, but after outlaying what he wants to achieve by the time he's 25, Maca is taking the expectations in his stride.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025

Cities that installed ShotSpotter in the past bought the equipment and managed the alerts themselves — a model that often involved outlaying hundreds of thousands of dollars.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2012

Then cam the sough, as pleasant to the ears o' Kingsbarns as the whistlin' winds to the outlaying bluegowns, that his victim was burned.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various




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