outlay

From out- +‎ lay.

• Rhymes: -eɪ

outlay (countable and uncountable, plural outlays)

1. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
2. The spending of money, or an expenditure.

   Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.

3. (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
   • Francis Beaumont

     I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays, and will discover all.

outlay (third-person singular simple present outlays, present participle outlaying, simple past and past participle outlaid)

1. (transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)

2. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

• lay out, lay-out, layout