different between outlay vs inlay

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)

1. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
2. The spending of money, or an expenditure.

   Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.

3. (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.

Translations

Verb

outlay (third-person singular simple present outlays, present participle outlaying, simple past and past participle outlaid)

1. (transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)

2. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

Translations

Anagrams

• lay out, lay-out, layout

English

Etymology

in- +? lay.

Pronunciation

Verb

• IPA^(key): /?n?le?/

Noun

• IPA^(key): /??n.le?/

Verb

inlay (third-person singular simple present inlays, present participle inlaying, simple past and past participle inlaid)

1. To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
2. (dentistry) To place an inlay in a tooth.

Translations

Noun

inlay (plural inlays)

1. The material placed within a different material in the form of a decoration.
2. (dentistry) A filling for a tooth, made of ceramic or gold to fit the cavity and shape of tooth and cemented into place.
3. The piece of paper or the booklet inside the case of a CD or DVD

Derived terms

• inlay card

Translations

Anagrams

• IANYL, Yilan, lay in, lay-in, layin, layin', naily