capital outlay
Americannoun
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Skeptics may grumble about a bubble, but capital outlay is reckless only if it fails to earn its keep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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
Nothing is more difficult, either for a private individual or for a State financier, than to decide the question of when to be bold and when cautious in the matter of capital outlay.
From Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 by Evelyn Baring
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