First-time entrepreneurs often underestimate the initial outlay required for launching a new business.
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Outlay
//ˈaʊtleɪ//
Synonyms for "outlay" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مَصَارِيف noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- مَصْرُوف noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Belarusian
2 entries- выда́так noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- расхо́д noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ра́зход noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- разно́ски noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- харча verb (to spend, or distribute money)
Catalan
1 entries- gastar verb (to spend, or distribute money)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 費用 /费用 noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Czech
4 entries- výdaj noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- útrata noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- utratit verb (to spend, or distribute money)
- utrácet verb (to spend, or distribute money)
Danish
1 entries- udlæg noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Finnish
4 entries- kulut noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- kustannukset noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- menot noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- käyttää verb (to spend, or distribute money)
French
2 entries- dépense noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- dépenser verb (to spend, or distribute money)
Galician
2 entries- investimento noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- investir verb (to spend, or distribute money)
German
2 entries- Aufwand noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- Ausgabe noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Hungarian
4 entries- kiadás noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- költség noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- fordít verb (to spend, or distribute money)
- költ verb (to spend, or distribute money)
Ido
1 entries- spensar verb (to spend, or distribute money)
Irish
1 entries- costas noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Italian
1 entries- spendere verb (to spend, or distribute money)
Japanese
2 entries- 支出 noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- 費用 noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Korean
1 entries- 비용 noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Latin
2 entries- impendium noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- impensa noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- خرج noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Russian
4 entries- затра́ты noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- расхо́ды noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- расходовать verb (to spend, or distribute money)
- тра́тить verb (to spend, or distribute money)
Spanish
2 entries- gasto noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- gastar verb (to spend, or distribute money)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вида́ток noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
- розхі́д noun (the spending of money, or an expenditure)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The union is prepared to outlay their entire strike fund in these negotiations.
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The initial outlay is quite high, but it's sure to pay off.
Source: tatoeba (10789791)
Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.