outlay

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

out·lay [outlay outlays] BrE [ˈaʊtleɪ] NAmE [ˈaʊtleɪ] noun countable, uncountable ~ (on sth)
the money that you have to spend in order to start a new project
•The business quickly repaid the initial outlay on advertising.
•a massive financial/capital outlay

Synonyms:
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 ◇ ▪ rising costs
spending • the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization: ▪ public spending ◇ ▪ More spending on health was promised.
expenditure • (rather formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person: ▪ expenditure on education
expenses • money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working which your employer will pay back to you later: ▪ legal expenses ◇ ▪ travel expenses
overhead(s) • the regular costs of running a business or organization, such as rent, electricity and wages: ▪ 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.
spending/expenditure/outlay on sth
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

Example Bank:
•The project would require little financial outlay.
•The railway had made a considerable capital outlay on new rolling stock.
•The revenue from the farm could repay the initial outlay within three years.
•The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  outgo, spending, expenditure, disbursement, disbursal