Neither is a cash outlay in the usual sense.

这两笔消费都不是一般意义上的现金支出。

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This would mean a big inventory and accompanying large cash outlay for the vendors.

对于厂商来说，这意味着一项大的存货，也伴随着支付大数目的现金。

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The payback period is the number of years needed to recover the initial cash outlay.

回收期是指收回最初现金投入所需要的年数。

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We wouldn't have minded seeing some real intra-world travel for the cash outlay.

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The cash outlay suggests Cisco sees limited investment opportunities and is willing to share profits with shareholders during the downturn.

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The part that is brilliant is finding another way to achieve the same position (sale of puts) and reduce the actual cash outlay.

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