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Definition of Outlaid
1. outlay [v] - See also: outlay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outlaid
Literary usage of Outlaid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"... share« in the concern, and ¡Sir Arthur himself made great outlay." Antiquary, i.
291. outlaid, OUTLAYED, part. pa. Expended, given out of the purse, ..."
2. British Farmer's Magazine (1849)
"All we ask for is only that where money has beeu outlaid for the benefit of the
tenant, and he does not receive a just remuneration for it, the law should ..."
3. Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers, While the Air was Yet Pure Among the by John Ruskin (1879)
"And having now got at some clear idea of the distinction between outlaid and
inlaid growth in the stem, the reader will find the elementary analysis of ..."
4. On the Political & Commercial Importance of Completing the Line of Railway by Joseph Nelson (1860)
"... and other materials, which, I feel assured, in itself would yield a very ample
return for the capital that might be outlaid upon it. (Hear, hear. ..."
5. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by House of Lords, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1855)
"... the want of success of most of these experiments, and the inadequacy of the
produce to refund the outlaid capital before the end of the lease. ..."
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