OUTLAYING Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

outlaying

verb

present participle of outlay

as in spending

to hand over or use up in payment the nation had outlaid nearly 20 billion dollars on social programs at that point

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The BofA analysis found big growth in per-person video-game spending across age groups in the 12 months to August, with even Gen Z, the generation with the smallest increase, spending 20% more.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
Sure, like in the Ohio Senate race, just on the reservations for media that are on the books now, Republicans are spending a hundred plus million dollars, Sherrod Brown spending $55 million.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

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The urge is then to try to make the financial case for paying those up-front costs, with now-rancorous calls for ‘scaling up’ investments in mitigation technologies.

— Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
The White House hasn’t responded to inquiries about which part of the government is paying.

— Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

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