outlay

  

Definitions (2)

1. Accounting: Total cost or expenditure required or incurred in acquiring an asset, achieving an objective, or executing a decision. Thus, outlay on a machine would include its purchase price and taxes, delivery charges, and installation and set up costs.
2. Economics: Sum of total cost and opportunity cost.

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