outlay

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of OUTLAY

to hand over or use up in payment <the nation had outlaid nearly 20 billion dollars on social programs at that point>

Synonyms disburse, drop, expend, fork (over, out, or up), give, lay out, outlay, pay, shell out

Related Words lavish, rain; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), run through, squander, throw away, waste

Near Antonyms cache, hoard, lay up, save; acquire, earn, gain, garner, make, procure, realize, secure, win

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