different between output vs outlay

English

Etymology

out +? put.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?tp?t/

Noun

output (countable and uncountable, plural outputs)

1. (economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.

2. (computing) Data sent out of the computer, as to output device such as a monitor or printer, or data sent from one program on the computer to another.

3. (medicine) The flow rate of body liquids such as blood and urine.

Related terms

• input

Translations

Verb

output (third-person singular simple present outputs, present participle outputting, simple past and past participle output or outputted)

1. (economics) To produce, create, or complete.

   We output 1400 units last year.

2. (computing) To send data out of a computer, as to an output device such as a monitor or printer, or to send data from one program on the computer to another.

   When I hit enter, it outputs a bunch of numbers.

Translations

Anagrams

• put out, put-out, putout

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.

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

Translations

Anagrams

• lay out, lay-out, layout