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Example sentences for "outlay"

Lexicographically close words:
outlawed; outlawes; outlawing; outlawry; outlaws; outlays; outleap; outlet; outlets; outlier
  1. The present claim, we desire it to be understood, is not made on the ground of breach of promise, but is merely a claim for compensation on account of outlay which our client has been induced to incur.

  2. It is the misfortune of certain positions that the virtues which are necessary to those who occupy them have to be translated into a money outlay before they can be adequately appreciated.

  3. Others were manured at a money cost which astonished me, exceeding any outlay that I had made, but confirming to the letter all my preconceived opinions on the subject, that one acre thoroughly manured is worth ten that are starved.

  4. His neighbors, who, for miles around, had been astonished and incredulous at his unprecedented outlay for manure, were in turn astonished at the extraordinary quantities of fruit and truck which he dispatched to market.

  5. As a general rule, whatever outlay a beginner makes in supplying himself with the smaller fruits, is afterwards reimbursed from the sale of surplus plants he does not need.

  6. If the chip boxes were introduced, as suggested in the last chapter, the whole of this outlay to foreign countries could be stopped.

  7. His cash outlay for these fertilizers was of course enormous, and has amounted to thousands of dollars per annum.

  8. Then there was the following permanent outlay made in stocking the farm with fruit: Strawberries for six acres $120.

  9. Thus, an abundant supply of succulent food was provided for horse, cow, and pigs during the winter, all which saved the outlay of so much cash.

  10. It requires no continuing outlay to "beautify and adorn.

  11. The outlay after getting there is trifling in comparison with that of coming and going.

  12. It would be a task neither practicable nor justifiable for the university to regulate the outlay of the collegian, or, in fact, become the paymaster of his menus plaisirs.

  13. It is not in the college, but prior to the arrival there of the youth, that he should be instructed in the views his relations have in sending him, and be taught that he must not ape the outlay and show of those who have larger means.

  14. The outlay would only be called for in the case of such officers as are already retired, and of such as under a new agreement might not be re-engaged.

  15. Company's outlay in buying up the present interests of the factors and traders.

  16. This would involve an outlay of money, but would also be productive of a considerable subsequent annual saving.

  17. In fact--have not economists tried to prove to us that if an engineer is paid twenty times more than a navvy it is because the "necessary" outlay to make an engineer is greater than that necessary to make a navvy?

  18. If the Aristocracy of Ireland would unitedly resolve that every individual in the land should henceforth have constant work and just recompense, the outlay involved need not be great and the return would be abundant and certain.

  19. Although the highways are often carried over the track at an absurd expense, while the principal dépôts are made to cost thrice what they should, I still cannot account for the great outlay on Irish railroads.

  20. Because their own misconduct prevents the establishment of any manufactures, or the outlay of any money amongst them.

  21. This is true; but certainly the outlay of the Irish tenant on his farm, makes but a small addition to his other engagements.

  22. The motive must be honourable, the outlay unstinted, and the effect artistically splendid.

  23. The ruin of the latter necessitates an outlay of capital by the landlord for the purchase of live stock.

  24. This enabled the landlord to carry on agriculture on a large scale without any outlay of capital.

  25. Nevertheless a certain outlay of capital for the payment of wages was necessitated by the development of money economy in agriculture.

  26. All property holders, but especially land holders, are interested in preventing extravagant outlay by means of bonded indebtedness.

  27. Fourth, by certain outlay for irrigation purposes in arid lands a tract of 640 acres could be secured.

  28. The treasury contained perhaps a thousand talents which, according to the recent rate of outlay would last from seven to ten days.

  29. Idleness and excessive outlay spoil a man," said Mentezufis.

  30. Some of the very companies who a few years ago were warning the beginning writer against introducing action that would necessitate too great an outlay of money are today producing features seemingly regardless of expense.

  31. In scores of feature productions models or miniatures of various kinds have been resorted to to obtain startling or novel effects, and have saved the outlay of thousands of dollars in the production of certain pictures.

  32. Even at the outlay of a comparatively heavy expense, the camp food supplies, including the dining table, should be screened off from flies.

  33. The intelligent farmer knows somewhat definitely what his yearly income and outlay are.

  34. And at this we are not surprised; for the outlay on the Church as a whole has been large, and any considerable extra expenditure would have to be provided for chiefly by those who have already done so nobly.

  35. More recently British schools have been built, adjoining the chapel, at an outlay of 5,000l.

  36. Bryceson, by the addition of several stops, including the vox humana, at the moderate further outlay of 65l.

  37. This unusual outlay was made necessary by the great efforts of the Government to defeat the General.

  38. The attendance has been pretty fair, and as the governmental outlay has been but small, may prove remunerative.

  39. Others require a costly annual outlay too great to be undertaken at the expense of the few families in whose neighborhood they lie.

  40. The first outlay has been as follows: Engine and fixing, including shafting and belting.

  41. The capital outlay should, therefore, be £994.

  42. After writing to Vernon Harcourt and to Spring Rice, the matter was arranged: my outlay was refunded, and another sum granted.

  43. Opposition to the great outlay thus necessitated was soon shown by a party which considered a fleet not merely superfluous for Germany, but actually dangerous, and objected to the plans of the Government, which they stigmatized as boundless.

  44. Even from the financial aspect it is a bad fault to economize in outlay on the army and navy in order to improve the financial position.

  45. This increase in outlay on the part of farmers has led to greater care in the feeding and management.

  46. The outlay for fencing against wandering flocks of goats and for decorticating machinery and other expenses would deter the ordinary cultivator from planting, and this could only be profitably undertaken if ample capital were forthcoming.

  47. Allen of Boston, the great outlay of labor which has usually attended the culture and preparation of flax is avoided.

  48. These sums exhibit the outlay for the pleasures of prostitution: the ensuing items give its penalties.

  49. It would also be economy to incur the outlay on account of the benefits to succeeding generations.

  50. The amount of capital invested in houses of ill fame, and the outlay consequent thereupon presents a total which can not but surprise all who have not deeply reflected upon the ramifications of the evil.

  51. To ascertain the amount expended for private medical assistance it will be necessary to recapitulate the outlay of the public institutions mentioned.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "outlay" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.