Outlays

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Financial resources allocated for particular projects or expenses are often termed as expenditures made for specific objectives
2. Monetary distributions dedicated to designated purposes or investments are known as allocated funds for various initiatives
3. Amounts of money spent or allocated for expenses or investments

Etymology: "Outlays" is the plural of "outlay," a noun meaning money spent, and the plural form is simply the ordinary English noun-plural ending applied to it. The noun itself is a compound built from "out" and "lay." "Out" comes from Old English "ūt," and "lay" descends from Old English "lecgan," meaning to cause something to lie down or to place it, which in turn traces back to a Proto-Germanic verb meaning to lay or put. Put together, "outlay" meant something laid or set out, an idea that stayed close to the literal sense of putting things forth before it came to refer to money.

Synonyms: expenses, costs, expenditures, spending, disbursements

Antonyms: savings, income