capital outlay
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
But after the initial capital outlay for the buses and charging stations, the electric buses are much less expensive to operate.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
An estate well-rounded off, spacious, secure from encroachment and, with proper capital outlay, returning three per cent.—he admires it as the rest of us a Velasquez—well, some of us—or others, a thoroughbred.
From The Great Miss Driver by Hope, Anthony
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