Layout vs. Outlay — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Layout and Outlay
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Layout
The way in which the parts of something are arranged or laid out
The road layout
Outlay
The spending or disbursement of money
The weekly outlay on groceries.
Layout
The act or an instance of laying out.
Outlay
An amount spent; an expenditure
"huge new outlays for the military" (New York Times).
Layout
An arrangement or plan, especially the schematic arrangement of parts or areas
The layout of a factory.
The layout of a printed circuit.
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Outlay
To spend or disburse (money).
Layout
The art or process of arranging printed or graphic matter on a page.
Outlay
A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
Layout
The overall design of a page, spread, or book, including elements such as page and type size, typeface, and the arrangement of titles and page numbers.
Outlay
The spending of money, or an expenditure.
Without too much outlay, you could buy a second-hand car.
Layout
A page or set of pages marked to indicate this design.
Outlay
(archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
Layout
(Sports) The straight position, as in diving.
Outlay
(transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.
Layout
(Informal) An establishment or property, especially a large residence or estate
"[Her] show horses ... were kept on the couple's one-and-a-half acre Malibu layout" (People).
Outlay
(transitive) To spend, or distribute money.
Layout
A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.
Outlay
To lay out; to spread out; to display.
Layout
A plan for such arrangement.
Outlay
A laying out or expending.
Layout
The act of laying out something.
Outlay
That which is expended; expenditure.
Layout
(publishing) The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information to fit within certain constraints.
Outlay
An outlying haunt.
Layout
(engineering) A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.
Outlay
The act of spending or disbursing money
Layout
(electronics) A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.
Outlay
Money paid out
Layout
A plan or design of something that is laid out
Layout
The act of laying out (as by making plans for something)
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