different between outlay vs spent

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

spent (not comparable)

1. Consumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.

   a spent cartridge

2. Of fish: exhausted as a result of having spawned.

Related terms

• spent force

Translations

Verb

spent

1. simple past tense and past participle of spend

Derived terms

• ill-spent

Anagrams

• Pents, pents

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the verb spenne

Adjective

spent (neuter singular spent, definite singular and plural spente)

1. tense

   en spent situasjon - a tense situation

Etymology 2

Verb

spent

1. past participle of spenne

References

• “spent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb spenne

Adjective

spent (neuter singular spent, definite singular and plural spente)

1. tense

References

• “spent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.