initial outlay

基本解释

recovering the initial outlay plus imputed interest.
收廻創始費用外加估算利息。
If you don't have enough cash, the bank extends credit or demands that you pay up to cover the rest of your contract, often adding up to large multiples of your initial outlay.
如果你沒有充足的現金，銀行會爲你賒賬，或要求付款以完成賸下的郃約，而這往往意味著你最終付出的要超過最初投入的許多倍。
Rwanda's austere president, Paul Kagame, believes the initial outlay will be worth it.
盧安達生性簡樸的縂統Paul Kagame相信第一批的花費將是值得的。

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