Nick Turse

U.S. failures when it comes to the Gulf of Guinea are many: a failure to address the longstanding concerns of a government watchdog agency, a failure to effectively combat piracy despite an outlay of tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, and a failure to confront corrupt African leaders who enable piracy in the first place.

American Historian

Stephen Miller

One of the things that we're missing from our political dialogue right now is the idea that the United States is a home. It is more than an accounting sheet. It is more than the sum of its G.D.P., its total tax collections, or its total outlays. America is a family.

American Public Servant

Tahl Raz

Oil wells never really run dry. A big company will drain maybe 40% of a field. Pulling out the rest of the oil, which requires an outlay of incrementally more cash per barrel, often proves uneconomical for big companies with big overheads.

American Journalist

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Since the outbreak of war, there has been in our country a steady increase in the consumption of spirits, wine and beer. It is estimated that in dollar volume, the annual outlay is now practically double what it was before the war.

Canadian Politician

William Vickrey

Nearly all educational expenditure should be considered a capital outlay, whether it provides a future return in the form of enhanced taxable income or in terms of an enhanced quality of life.

Canadian Educator

Wilfred Owen

A Poem does not grow by jerks. As trees in Spring produce a new ring of tissue, so does every poet put forth a fresh outlay of stuff at the same season.

English Soldier

Dick Thornburgh

Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year.

American Politician

The nominal budget is a poor indicator of the impact of government outlays and revenues.

Glenda Jackson

One hell of an outlay for a very small return, with most of them.

British Actress

The word often refers to planned spending, important in budgeting and finance.

Budget Planning

'Outlay' can imply a one-time expense, rather than ongoing costs.

One-Time Cost

It is often used for significant or larger expenses.

Big Purchase

Emphasizes spending with a specific objective, like a project or investment.

Purposeful Spending

Suggests spending money that has been officially sanctioned or budgeted.

Approved Expenditure

 and become embedded in digital wallets. So credit will always be an important element. You know, most people in the world, it isn't that their cash outlays exceed their cash intake.