Barnesandnoble.com's direct outlay is probably much less, though.
OOP payments are defined by the World Bank as "any direct outlay by households, including gratuities and in-kind payments, to health practitioners and suppliers of pharmaceuticals, therapeutic appliances, and other goods and services whose primary intent" is to enhance or restore health status [ 39].
And unlike those direct outlays, these tax expenditures are not subject to annual review as part of the appropriations process.
Were a bank or other bailout beneficiary required to maintain separate accounts for its federal receipts, then independent auditors could track all direct outlays of those funds.
A no-shopping-list energy policy requires no direct outlays.
The Government's financial market interventions since the start of the financial crisis -including guarantees, loans and direct outlays-have totaled $8 trillion, or 55% of GDP.
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who had previously been the head of Bush's Council of Economic Advisors, was now the head of the Congressional Budget Office, and on 20 November 2003, right before the crucial House vote, he wrote to Congress, "CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would result in direct spending outlays totaling $395 billion".
Mr. McDonough was tearing through a plastic container of chicken and baked ziti prepared by "the boss," his wife (direct cash outlay: zero; actual cost: 34 years), while Mr. Welton ate nothing at all, saving his appetite for the good-looking women strolling by.
The money, part of an unusual minibudget unveiled in the run-up to a parliamentary election scheduled for 27 November, is the first direct federal outlay for overhead costs, which up to now have been met by a combination of provincial operating grants to universities and federal transfer payments for postsecondary education.
The war in Iraq cost approximately US $130 billion in direct military outlay in the first 18 months and US $5 billion per month thereafter [ 29].
Noting that the C.I.A. estimated it spent only $70 million in direct cash outlays in Afghanistan (including field hospital costs), Mr. Woodward writes that "the president considered it one of the biggest 'bargains' of all time".
