outlay-n; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: money spent, expenditures

Commentary: OUTLAY[+quantity][+sum][+money][+expenditure]
NOTE: refers to an amount of money, a quantity, not an act of spending (Sense 2)

Examples:
The outlays for national defense increased 10 percent last year.
John keeps track of each outlay for his new business.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 2: the act of spending, disbursing funds

Commentary: OUTLAY[+action][+spending][+money]
NOTE: refers to someone's activity of spending, rather than a quantity (Sense 1)

Examples:
Bob couldn't continue the outlay of maintaining a summer home.
At some point the outlay for this research project will exhaust our funds.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1