financial outlay

collocation in English

meaningsoffinancialandoutlay

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financial
adjective
uk
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/us
/faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
relating to money or how money ...
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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 offinancialandoutlayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffinancial outlay

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And this street culture became largely composed of amusements that did not requirefinancialoutlay, such as games and sports.
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These are not as widespread as goats because of the initialfinancialoutlayand the intensity of care involved.
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In addition, it represents a considerablefinancialoutlayfor employers.
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Those men entered on that big co-operative concern without anyfinancialoutlayor responsibility.
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There was enormous pressure to recover thefinancialoutlay.
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That is the sort of thing which could be done without any largefinancialoutlay.
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But the costs do not include thefinancialoutlayinvolved in providing the superstructure and equipment for the dock.
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That would at one fell swoop halve thefinancialoutlayand put the responsibility for medical care where it really belongs: with the medical profession.
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If this means afinancialoutlayon a considerable scale, it is an outlay which ought to be faced.
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It is, indeed, an unpaid and gratuitous activity, but this does not mean, however, that it does not involve anyfinancialoutlay.
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Quite frankly, this is to induce industrialists, whom the initialfinancialoutlaymight otherwise deter, to site projects in development areas.
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Yes, but it is extremely expensive land to acquire and would need a very largefinancialoutlay.
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Will he investigate the possibility of allowing a person to commute his or her mobility allowance to assist with the initialfinancialoutlay?
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For most of us, the purchase of a foreign holiday is our largest annualfinancialoutlay.
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We could reduce the specifications for fire sprinklers and require some classes of premises to install them without unduefinancialoutlay.
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That saves him a considerablefinancialoutlayin these transactions.
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It is an obligation which has called for a substantial effort of organisation as well as considerablefinancialoutlay.
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But they can do a great deal to help themselves even without very muchfinancialoutlay.
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We have first to clear up the question of the broad amount offinancialoutlaywhich is involved in the production of an aircraft.
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The things that we are asking local authorities to do are really matters of organisation not involving at present arty appreciablefinancialoutlay.
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