In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OUTLAY
spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlay
(noun) the act of spending or disbursing money
outgo, spending, expenditure, outlay
(noun) money paid out; an amount spent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
outlay (countable and uncountable, plural outlays)
A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
The spending of money, or an expenditure.
(archaic) A remote haunt or habitation.
Verb
outlay (third-person singular simple present outlays, present participle outlaying, simple past and past participle outlaid)
(transitive) To lay or spread out; expose; display.
(transitive) To spend, or distribute money.
Anagrams
• lay out, lay-out, layout
Source: Wiktionary
Out*lay", v. t.
Definition: To lay out; to spread out; to display. [R.] Drayton.
Out"lay`, n.
1. A laying out or expending.
2. That which is expended; expenditure.
3. An outlying haunt. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
OUTLIE
Out*lie", v. t.
Definition: To exceed in lying. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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