Squander vs Outlay - What's the difference?
squander | outlay |
To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
* 1746 , Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac
* {{quote-news
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(obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
* Dryden
To wander at random; to scatter.
* Shakespeare
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.
As verbs the difference between squander and outlay
is that squander is to waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate while outlay is to lay or spread out; expose; display.As a noun outlay is
a laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.squander
English
Verb
(en verb)Agribusiness Management
- Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
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- Our squandered troops he rallies.
- The wise man's folly is anatomized / Even by squandering glances of the fool.
Usage notes
Squander implies starting with many resources, such as great wealth, and then wasting them (using them up to little purpose or little effect), often ending with little. Particularly used in phrases such as “squander an opportunity” or “squander an inheritance”. It may be used even if one starts with little, though usually in some construction such as “squander what little he had”.Synonyms
* waste, splurge * ducks and drakes * throw awayReferences
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)