- 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
- 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。
- 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 ExamplesTopics Businessc2The 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- huge
- large
- …
- make
- require
- recoup
- …
- outlay on