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outlaying

outlaying is the present participle and gerund of outlay.

Meaning of outlay

Verb

outlay (third-person singular simple present outlays, present participle outlaying, simple past and past participle outlaid)

  1. (transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.
    • Their boggy breasts out-lay, and Skipton down doth crawl1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned...
  2. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

See all 5 meanings of outlay

Noun

outlaying (plural outlayings)

  1. money spent; expenditure

Forms of outlaying

pluraloutlayings

Questions about outlaying

What does outlaying mean?
Outlaying means money spent; expenditure.
What is outlaying the present participle and gerund of?
Outlaying is the present participle and gerund of outlay.
What part of speech is outlaying?
Outlaying is a noun.
What is the plural of outlaying?
The plural of outlaying is outlayings.

Words near outlaying in the dictionary

  1. outlawyer
  2. outlawyered
  3. outlawyering
  4. outlawyers
  5. outlay
  6. outlaying
  7. outlayings
  8. outlays
  9. outlead
  10. outleading
  11. outleads

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