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Settlement vs Outlay - What's the difference?

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Settlement is a related term of outlay.


As nouns the difference between settlement and outlay

is that settlement is the state of being settled 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.

settlement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being settled.
  • A colony that is newly established; a place or region newly settled.
  • A community of people living together, such as a hamlet, village, town, or city.
  • (architecture) The gradual sinking of a building. Fractures or dislocations caused by settlement.
  • (finance) The delivery of goods by the seller and payment for them by the buyer, under a previously agreed trade or transaction or contract entered into.
  • (legal) A disposition of property, or the act of granting it.
  • (legal) A settled place of abode; residence; a right growing out of legal residence.
  • (legal) A resolution of a dispute.

    • Synonyms

    * (A resolution of a dispute) arrangement

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * settler

    Derived terms

    * settlement agreement

    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.

    • Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs