outlay

US: /ˈaʊtˌɫeɪ/

UK: /ˈa‍ʊtle‍ɪ/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

outlay /'autlei/
  • danh từ
    • tiền chi tiêu, tiền phí tổn
    • ngoại động từ outlaid
      • tiêu pha tiền

    Advanced English dictionary

    + noun
    [C, U] ~ (on sth) the money that you have to spend in order to start a new project or to save yourself money or time later: The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising. + a massive financial / capital outlay

    Thesaurus dictionary

    n.
    expense, cost, expenditure, spending, disbursement, payment:
    The city council refused to approve the outlay for a new swimming-pool.

    Collocation

    ADJ.

    considerable, huge, large, massive | modest, small | initial
    The revenue from the farm could repay the initial outlay within three years.
    | total | capital, cash, financial, investment

    VERB + OUTLAY

    make | require
    The project would require little financial outlay.
    | recoup, recover | repay

    PREP.

    ~ on
    The railway had made a considerable capital outlay on new rolling stock.


    Concise dictionary

    outlays|outlaid|outlaying'aʊtleɪ
    noun
    +the act of spending or disbursing money
    +money paid out

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