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External vs Outlay - What's the difference?

external | outlay |

As an adjective external

is outside of something; on the exterior.

As a noun outlay is

a laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.

As a verb outlay is

to lay or spread out; expose; display.

external

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Outside of something; on the exterior.
    • This building has some external pipework.
  • * Milton
    • Of all external things, / She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Her virtues graced with external gifts.
  • Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
  • * Trench
    • The external circumstances are greatly different.
  • Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations.
    • external''' trade or commerce; the '''external relations of a state or kingdom
  • (anatomy) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.

    • Antonyms

    * internal

    Related terms

    * externalization * externalize * externalism * externalist * externality

    External links

    * * * English words suffixed with -al

    outlay

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
  • The spending of money, or an expenditure.
    • Without too much outlay you could buy a dictionary.
  • (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
    • I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays , and will discover all. ? Francis Beaumont.

    Verb

  • To lay or spread out; expose; display.
    • (Drayton)
  • To spend, or distribute money.

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    * English transitive verbs