outlay

Plural: outlays

Noun

• The sum of money spent or expended; an expense.
• the act of spending or disbursing money
• money paid out; an amount spent
• A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
• The spending of money, or an expenditure.
• A remote haunt or habitation.

Verb

• To lay or spread out; expose; display.
• To spend, or distribute money.

Examples

• His initial OUTLAY of high-scoring tiles quickly paid off with a strategic lead in Words With Friends.
• Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.

Synonyms

disbursal, disbursement, expenditure, outgo, spending

Antonyms

income