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Antonyms for out lay

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : noun out-ley; verb out-ley
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈaʊtˌleɪ; verb ˌaʊtˈleɪ

Definition of out lay

Origin :
  • "act or fact of laying out (especially money) or expending," 1798, originally Scottish, from out (adv.) + lay (v.).
  • As in outfit : noun set of clothes or equipment
  • As in outlay : noun expenses
  • As in overhead : noun general, continuing costs of operation
  • As in payment : noun fee; installment of fee
  • As in price : noun financial value
  • As in upkeep : noun maintenance
  • As in expenses : noun expense
  • As in charge : noun price asked for something
  • As in cost : noun expense; price paid
  • As in disbursement : noun payment
  • As in equity : noun money invested in possession
  • As in expenditure : noun payment
  • As in expense : noun cost, payment
  • As in financing : noun money for operating expenses
  • As in amount : noun total
  • As in lay out : verb spend money
  • As in shell out : verb give
  • As in spend : verb give, pay out
  • As in disburse : verb spend money
  • As in expend : verb exhaust; spend
Example sentences :
  • But the drawback to the carrying of it out lay in the fact that Peters never was in his cups.
  • Extract from : « In the Whirl of the Rising » by Bertram Mitford
  • As you take them out lay them on a flat dish, the bottom of which is strewed with powdered sugar.
  • Extract from : « Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book » by Eliza Leslie
  • Break open the staves to let it out—lay a good train—light a slow match close to the leather (ladder).
  • Extract from : « The Parson O' Dumford » by George Manville Fenn

Synonyms for out lay

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