Synonyms of the word

outlay

• n. A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
• n. The spending of money, or an expenditure.
• n. (archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
• v. (transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.
• v. (transitive) To spend, or distribute money.

defrayal

• n. The act of defraying.

defrayment

• n. The payment of charges.

disbursal

• n. The act of disbursing money.
• n. The amount of money paid for something (especially the amount that may be tax-deductable).

disbursement

• n. The act, instance, or process of disbursing.
• n. Money paid out or spent.

expenditure

• n. (uncountable, countable) Act of expending or paying out.
• n. (uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay.

outgo

• v. (poetic) To go out, to set forth.
• v. (archaic) To go further; to exceed or surpass; go beyond.
• v. To overtake; to travel faster than.
• v. To outdo; exceed; surpass.
• n. The act or process of going out.
• n. A quantity of a substance or thing that has flowed out; an outflow.
• n. (business, commerce) an expenditure, cost or outlay.

payment

• n. (uncountable) The act of paying.
• n. (countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.

spending

• v. present participle of spend.
• n. An amount that has been, or is planned to be spent.