Vaya2 [Sk. vyaya, vi+i; occasionally as vyaya in Pāli as well] 1. loss, want, expense (opp. āya) A iv.282 (bhogānaŋ); Sn 739; PvA 130. -- avyayena safely D i.72. <-> 2. decay (opp. uppāda) D ii.157=J i.392 (aniccā vata sankhārā uppāda -- vaya -- dhammino); S iv.28; A i.152, 299.

 -- karaṇa expense, expenditure J iv.355; Vin ii.321 (Sam. Pās on C. V. vi.4, 6, explaining veyyāsika or veyyāyika of Vin ii.157).