outlay
noun /ˈaʊtleɪ/
/ˈaʊtleɪ/
[countable, uncountable]- outlay (on something) the money that you have to spend in order to start a new project
(启动新项目的)开支,费用 - The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising.
这家公司很快偿付了初期的广告费。 - a massive financial/capital outlay
大量的财政/资本开支
Synonyms costscosts- spending
- expenditure
- expenses
- overheads
- outlay
- costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business:
- labour/production costs
人工/生产成本 - rising costs
正在上涨的成本
- labour/production costs
- spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization:
- public spending
公共开支 - More spending on health was promised.
已承诺增加医疗开支。
- public spending
- expenditure (rather formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person:
指政府、机构或个人的开支、支出、花费: - expenditure on education
教育支出
- expenditure on education
- expenses money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working that your employer will pay back to you later:
- legal expenses
律师费 - travel expenses
差旅费
- legal expenses
- overhead(s) the regular costs of running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity and wages:
- High overheads mean small profit margins.
经费开销大意味着利润低。
- High overheads mean small profit margins.
- outlay the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later:
- The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
最好的设备花费大,但这种开支很值得。
- The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
- spending/expenditure/outlay on something
- high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads
- total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/outlay
- capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
- household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
- government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
- to increase/reduce costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/the outlay
Topics Businessc2- The project would require little financial outlay.
这个项目所需的财政开支不大。 - The railway had made a considerable capital outlay on new rolling stock.
铁路部门已为新车投入大笔资金。 - The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
最好的设备花费大,但这种开支很值得。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- huge
- large
- …
- make
- require
- recoup
- …
- outlay on
- The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising.