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outlays

outlays is the plural of outlay.

outlays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outlay.

Meaning of outlay

Noun

outlay (countable and uncountable, plural outlays)

  1. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
  2. The spending of money, or an expenditure.
    • Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.
  3. (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
    • I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays, and will discover all.c. 1609, Francis Beaumont, Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding

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Questions about outlays

What is outlays the plural of?
Outlays is the plural of outlay.

Words near outlays in the dictionary

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

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