outlay
noun
an expending or spending, as of money.
outlays
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present tense formof outlay (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
Most planned to increase outlays on cloud computing, while relatively few plan to spend more on their own computing equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
But both know that investors are skittish about a spending surge that has yet to deliver returns good enough to justify the outlays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
“The bottom line is that business investment outlays remain robust, powered in large part by the AI buildout,” said Stephen Stanley, chief U.S. economist at Santander Capital Markets.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Variable costs are positive additions to the total outlays previously incurred by a railroad, and they result from adding a definite amount to its previous traffic.
From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by John Bates Clark
