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outlays

  • present tense form of outlay (3rd person singular).

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Amid huge outlays on its war in Ukraine, tax rises, stubborn inflation and nervy consumers are all weighing on Russia's small companies.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

That level of spending towers over the inflation-adjusted outlays for the U.S. railroad expansion of the 1850s, as well as the decadeslong construction of America’s interstate highway system initiated a century later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Microsoft alone is expected to account for $190 billion of AI outlays this year, fueling an infrastructure blitz anchored by a multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI that CEO Satya Nadella kicked off in 2019.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Overall, the four big AI spenders plan to grow outlays by around 88% this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

In the event, for instance, of larger outlays of money being required than suited the convenience of the firm—could not Tag-rag be easily brought to accommodate his future son-in-law of �10,000 a-year?

From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel