different between outlay vs effort
outlay
English
Etymology
From out- +? lay.
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /?a?tle?/
- (verb) IPA(key): /a?t?le?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
outlay (countable and uncountable, plural outlays)
- A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
- The spending of money, or an expenditure.
- Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.
- (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
- c. 1609, Francis Beaumont, Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding
- I know her and her haunts, Her lays, leaps, and outlays, and will discover all.
- c. 1609, Francis Beaumont, Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding
Translations
Verb
outlay (third-person singular simple present outlays, present participle outlaying, simple past and past participle outlaid)
- (transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
- (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.
Translations
Anagrams
- lay out, lay-out, layout
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effort
English
Etymology
From Middle French effort, from Old French esfort, deverbal of esforcier (“to force, exert”), from Vulgar Latin *exforti?, from Latin ex + fortis (“strong”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??f?t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??f?t/
Noun
effort (plural efforts)
- The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
- An endeavor.
- A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
- 1858, Macquorn Rankine, Manual of Applied Mechanics
- the two bodies between which the effort acts
- 1858, Macquorn Rankine, Manual of Applied Mechanics
Usage notes
- Adjectives often used with "effort": conscious, good, poor, etc.
Synonyms
- struggle
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
effort (third-person singular simple present efforts, present participle efforting, simple past and past participle efforted)
- (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
- (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen, fortify or stimulate
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French esfort, from esforcier; morphologically, deverbal of efforcer. Compare Spanish esfuerzo, Catalan esforç, Portuguese esforço, Italian sforzo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.f??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
effort m (plural efforts)
- effort
Derived terms
- loi du moindre effort
Related terms
- efforcer
Descendants
- ? Romanian: efort
Further reading
- “effort” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- offert
Middle French
Etymology
Old French.
Noun
effort m (plural effors)
- strength; might; force
- (military) unit; division
References
- effort on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Noun
effort m (oblique plural efforz or effortz, nominative singular efforz or effortz, nominative plural effort)
- Alternative form of esfort
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