Payment vs Outlay - What's the difference?
payment | outlay | Synonyms |
(uncountable) The act of paying.
(countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.
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, title= A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
The spending of money, or an expenditure.
(archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
To lay or spread out; expose; display.
To spend, or distribute money.
Outlay is a synonym of payment.
As nouns the difference between payment and outlay
is that payment is the act of paying while 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.payment
English
Noun
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment .” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}
Synonyms
*Derived terms
* down payment * grease payment * lubrication payment * payment in kindExternal links
* (wikipedia "payment")outlay
English
Noun
(-)- Without too much outlay you could buy a dictionary.
- I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays , and will discover all. ? Francis Beaumont.
Verb
- (Drayton)