outlays

英 [ˈaʊtleɪz]

美 [ˈaʊtˌleɪz]

n.  (启动新项目的)开支，费用
outlay的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （必要的）费用，开支
  Outlayis the amount of money that you have to spend in order to buy something or start a project.
  1. Apart from the capital outlay of buying the machine, dishwashers can actually save you money...
     除了购置所用开支，洗碗机实际上能为你省钱。
  2. A beginner could really enjoy the hobby for an outlay of between £100 or £120 a month.
     初学者只需每月花上100到120英镑便能真正享受到这种爱好带来的乐趣。

双语例句

• Households pay down their debts rather than making new outlays on consumer goods.
  家庭部门倾向于偿还债务，而非新增支出以购买消费品。
• On the fiscal front, deficit reduction measures must be undertaken to reduce expected future outlays.
  在财政方面，必须施行减少赤字的措施，以减少未来的预期支出。
• Accounting agencies or accountants shall take action to stop or correct illegal income and outlays;
  会计机构、会计人员认为是违法的收支，应当制止和纠正；
• The survey of small-business owners asks questions based on plans to increase employment, capital outlays and inventories as well as whether they expect economic and credit conditions and sales to improve.
  在调查中，小企业主们被问到的问题包括是否计划增加招聘、资本支出和库存，以及是否预计经济和信贷环境以及销售状况将会改善。
• 12. Non-exempt direct payments which are based on factors other than price shall be measured using budgetary outlays.
  12.以除价格外的生产要素为基础的不可免除的直接支付应使用预算支出进行衡量。
• Costs for such environments include the purchase price and maintenance for the operating system, initial outlays and upgrades for hardware, and other administration expenditures.
  这种环境的花销包括购买和维护操作系统的费用、购买和升级硬件的花费以及管理支出。
• They report substantial slashes in this year's defense outlays.
  他们报道今年度国防经费的大量削减。
• Sooner or later revenues will have to rise or outlays will have to be curtailed.
  政府迟早得增加财政收入或者削减支出。
• Higher consumer spending, including increased outlays on health care, and a narrower trade balance also contributed to the summer improvement.
  包括医疗保健等领域的消费者支出的加大，以及贸易逆差的收窄，也促成了今夏经济增速的提高。
• GDP has four components: consumer spending, private investment, government outlays, and the excess, or deficit, of exports over imports.
  GDP由四个部分组成：消费性开支、个人投资、政府开支和进出口贸易逆差。