outlay

noun

/ˈaʊtleɪ/

[countable, uncountable]

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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 costs
costs
- spending
- expenditure
- expenses
- overheads
- outlay
These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.
- 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
- 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。
- 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
- 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
- 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。
- 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。
Patterns
- 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
Extra Examples
- 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。
Topics Businessc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- considerable
- huge
- large
- …
verb + outlay
- make
- require
- recoup
- …
preposition
- outlay on
See full entry

BNC: 11488 COCA: 14087

outlay

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + OUTLAY | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤considerable, huge, large, massive大筆費用；巨額開支；龐大的開支

▸➤modest, small不高的費用；小筆開支

▸➤initial最初的開支

◇The revenue from the farm could repay the initial outlay within three years.農場的收入 3 年內能清償初期投入。

➤total總開支

▸➤capital, cash, financial, investment資本開支；現金支出；財政開支；投資支出

VERB + OUTLAY

➤make花費

▸➤require需要開支

◇The project would require little financial outlay.這個項目所需的財政開支不大。

➤recoup, recover (both especially BrE) 補償花費

PREPOSITION

➤outlay on在⋯上的花費

◇The company had made a considerable capital outlay on property.該公司在不動產上投入了大筆資金。

BNC: 11488 COCA: 14087

outlay noun
⇨ costs

BNC: 11488 COCA: 14087

outlay

Prices and costs: price, cost, charge...

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