Other possible explanations for large cash outlays are also being checked, they say.

It is hard to imagine a pleasant Sunday afternoon that doesn't end up with some kind of cash outlay.

By selling after a $20 price gain, the profit would be 40 percent - $2,000 on a cash outlay of $5,000.

The couple's cash outlay each year is less than £2,000 and much of that goes on van maintenance.

The money was desperately needed to cover cash outlays until winter taxes are collected.

Of the American share, $1 billion is in loan guarantees that do not involve cash outlays.

Actual cash outlays would be even smaller, about $10 million a year.

The initial cash outlay is usually only a security deposit.

That means a total cash outlay of $600 million.

The actual cash outlay will be about $150 million.