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
United were already committed to a significant capital outlay on Old Trafford.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2022
But the two sources said the capital outlay would be more than 7 billion euros if UniCredit were to take on the largest possible portion of MPS.
From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2021
The accumulation of such constant expense justifies a proportioned capital outlay.
From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert
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