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outlay

[out-ley, out-ley] / ˈaʊtˌleɪ, ˌaʊtˈleɪ /


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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

Everton then spent £97m before the 2025-26 campaign - a club record net outlay in a summer transfer window - to repeat the same finish having accrued one more point.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

That’s a manageable outlay for a family making $75,000 but nearly half the monthly income of someone who earns $35,000 at the local minimum wage.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

For a great many climbers, the record shows, stealing time away from the daily grind has not been an insurmountable obstacle, nor has the hefty outlay of cash.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

The U.S. now spends $1 trillion yearly, or 15% of its total outlays, on interest expenses, which is more than it spends on healthcare or national defense, according to Treasury data.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

The SSA’s administrative budget has fallen from 1.2% of benefit outlays in 2017 to 0.86% currently, which represents an annual loss of $3 billion in operating revenue, the union said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

It also plans to test optional passcode-restricted buying steps and new alerts for people who suddenly accelerate their outlays.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

It may be that even with this advantage its total returns of all kinds may fall short of covering its total outlays.

From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by John Bates Clark

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

For not only the two-leaved tree is outlaid, and the one-leaved inlaid, but the two-leaved tree is branched, and the one-leaved tree is not branched.

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by John Ruskin

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

We could see the streets, the suburbs, the bridges, the outlaying roads, nay, the moving masses of people.

From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend




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