1) An amount spent 2) Cost 3) Defrayal 4) Defrayment 5) Disbursal 6) Disbursement 7) Expend or expenditure 8) Initial expense 9) Investment 10) Money paid out 11) Money spent 12) Payment 13) Spending 14) Start-up costs 1) Asset 2) Expeiture 3) Expending 4) Expenditure 5) Expense 6) Expenses 7) Outgo 8) Spending 
The money an investor bets or wagers is called their outlay.[6]
• (n.) That which is expended; expenditure. • (n.) An outlying haunt. • (v. t.) To lay out; to spread out; to display. • (n.) A laying out or expending.
The money a bettor wagers is called his or her outlay.
The total amount of money which has to be spent to acquire an asset or start a project, including costs, taxes, delivery charges, etc
Out'lay` noun 1. A laying out or expending. 2. That which is expended; expenditure. 3. An outlying haunt. [ Obsolete] Beau. & Fl. Out·lay' transitive verb To lay out; to spread out; to display. [ R.] Drayton. 
The money an investor bets or wagers is called their outlay.