Lay out Common

lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line

"lay out the clothes"

"lay out the arguments"

get ready for a particular purpose or event

"set up an experiment"

"set the table"

"lay out the tools for the surgery"

spend or invest

"lay out thousands on gold"

"he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"

bring forward and present to the mind

"We presented the arguments to him"

"We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

provide a detailed plan or design

"She laid out her plans for the new house"

To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase.

simple past tense of lie out