outlay

Outlay is what's been used up or spent.

(noun)

  1. An example of outlay is the energy used while digging a hole.
  2. An example of outlay is the amount of money spent on your daughter's prom.

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See outlay in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a spending (of money, energy, etc.)
  2. money, etc. spent

transitive verb outlaid, outlaying

to spend (money)

See outlay in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The spending or disbursement of money: the weekly outlay on groceries.
  2. An amount spent; an expenditure: “huge new outlays for the military” (New York Times).
transitive verb (out-lāˈ) out·laid (-lādˈ), out·lay·ing, out·lays
To spend or disburse (money).

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