total outlay

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandoutlay

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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outlay
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaʊt.leɪ/us
/ˈaʊt.leɪ/
an amount of money spent for a particular purpose, especially as a first investment ...
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(Definition oftotalandoutlayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal outlay

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But it lay largely in the size of thetotaloutlay.
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The result has been that now they are paying 4 per cent on theirtotaloutlayand getting increasing business brought back to that railway.
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Over a four-year period thetotaloutlayin this area will be about 150 million units of account.
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Itstotaloutlayin 1976–77, including loans and advances, was £9,389,758.
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So thetotaloutlayon the part of the local authority would have been £500.
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Thus, the total amount of money a tenant pays in rent and rates is the figure which should be related to histotaloutlay.
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The real problem of industry is not the basic research, which concerns only about 10 per cent, of thetotaloutlay.
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That gives atotaloutlayon that basis, which is very rough, of £2,338.
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They subsequently acquired the site in 1961, and theirtotaloutlayon the purchase of the site and the leasehold was some £4 million plus.
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The maintenance of the ground stations would cost more—£160 million—making atotaloutlayof £243 million in a 20-year programme.
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With the new scheme and the new savings, at the end of the year thetotaloutlayfor the country will be £867 million.
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Other claims are being considered as schools become maintained and thetotaloutlayis expected to be about £2 million.
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So thetotaloutlayof £139,000 could be £200,000 at present prices, and the £73,000-worth of downgraded or ineligible work could stand at £100,000.
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The legal fees and expenses will be £120, so that thetotaloutlayin cash which the man will have to put down is £520.
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Therefore, such a sum could be a very large percentage of thetotaloutlay.
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Other claims are being considered as the schools become maintained, and thetotaloutlayis expected to be about £2 million.
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In the year 1955–56, the total income from all sources was £83,206, while thetotaloutlaywas £82,570.
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It is expected that at plateau level thetotaloutlayon new construction and major improvement in the present programme will be some £18 million a year.
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Instead, therefore, of thetotaloutlayof the local authority being £500, it is £300, £100 of which is paid to the landlord and the other £200 being the cost of clearing the site.
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The cost is thetotaloutlayrequired to produce a product or carry out a service.
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