Definition of Outlaid

1. Verb. (past of outlay) ¹

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Definition of Outlaid

1. outlay [v] - See also: outlay

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outlaid

outkicked
outkicking
outkicks
outkill
outkilled
outkilling
outkills
outkiss
outkissed
outkisses
outkissing
outlabour
outlaboured
outlabouring
outlabours
outlaid (current term)
outlain
outland
outland Germans
outlander
outlanders
outlandish
outlandishly
outlandishness
outlands
outlane
outlanes
outlash
outlashes
outlast

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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