outlay

a payment made in the course of achieving a result the outlays for the couple's upcoming wedding seem to be multiplying at an incredible rate Synonyms of outlay charge, cost, disbursement, expenditure, outgo, expenseWords Related to outlay overhead; outflow; pocket money, spending money; price, rate, tab, tariff, toll

to hand over or use up in payment the nation had outlaid nearly 20 billion dollars on social programs at that point Synonyms of outlay disburse, drop, expend, fork (over, out, or up), give, lay out, spend, pay, shell outWords Related to outlay lavish, rain; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), run through, squander, throw away, wasteNear Antonyms of outlay cache, hoard, lay up, save; acquire, earn, gain, garner, make, procure, realize, secure, win