noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
capital
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He thinks they would cost too much in capital outlay and year-round maintenance.
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He had a manufacturing business to launch-one that required a major capital outlay to get going.
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Most involve no capital outlay , being supplied under the discounted electricity purchase scheme.
financial
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If anyone feels the Lord prompting them to help meet this financial outlay please see Rosina Kilpatrick or myself.
initial
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In other words, it is the rate that equates future net cash flows to the initial investment outlay .
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It was almost instantly profitable, because his initial outlay was tiny.
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Capital may be either the initial capital outlay including working capital or the average capital employed over the life of the project.
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With the high pressure pumps and piping required, the initial outlay at Aonach Mor on their one cannon is £35,000.
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As well as the initial outlay of purchasing the machine, they need to know what to expect in terms of running costs.
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And all are designed to keep their looks, long after the initial outlay is forgotten.
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This matched the initial outlay by the city, regional and provincial governments for the building and a £20 million permanent collection.
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The initial outlay is quite low and the information here is based on using equipment and ingredients that are freely available.
large
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This way the size of the kit increases gradually with no large cash outlay .
small
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Eva had a brand new wardrobe for only a small outlay .
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There was a small outlay for goal posts and other equipment.
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All for a remarkably small outlay .
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Again, for remarkably small outlay , you will have added new interest and improved the quality of the room.
total
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No consumer is worse off, because buying x units results in the same total outlay .
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The reduction represents a 9 percent drop in total education outlays .
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But the cost of conversion often pushed the total outlay way over the property's market value.
■ NOUN
cash
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This way the size of the kit increases gradually with no large cash outlay .
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They must not demand a very high cash outlay or demand a very high degree of risk thereby endangering subsistence.
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Total cash outlays last year rose 11 p.c. to £213 billion, including £19.3 billion in March.
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Bernstein reminded Sloan of his remark that Mitchell had almost certainly known of the cash outlays from the secret fund.
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A complete picture for the DoI's 1982-83 cash outlay is difficult to build up.
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Add in your best guess as to any cash outlays you made.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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T- shirts are easy to produce, requiring little initial outlay and a minimum of time and effort.
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The best business is one with a small outlay and with no risk involved.
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When we built the factory the outlay on machinery was heavy but we were able to buy all the latest equipment.
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You can start a fast-food franchise for a relatively modest outlay .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Assuming that the more expensive units are stronger and better designed, the birds will produce above the extra outlay .
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Both films employ innovative computer-generated graphics that required staggering outlays in hardware.
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Eva had a brand new wardrobe for only a small outlay .
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He thinks they would cost too much in capital outlay and year-round maintenance.
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It was almost instantly profitable, because his initial outlay was tiny.
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Pre-tax profit rose to £2.76million, from £2.45million after exceptional outlays in the previous year to September 30.
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That change also would reduce federal outlays, de Souza said.
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Trillions of dollars in military outlays later, the Cold War is history.