shell out

shell out

verb

Definition of SHELL OUT

to hand over or use up in payment <we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets>

Synonyms disburse, drop, expend, fork (over, out, or up), give, lay out, outlay, pay, shell out

Related Words lavish, rain; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), run through, squander, throw away, waste

Near Antonyms cache, hoard, lay up, save; acquire, earn, gain, garner, make, procure, realize, secure, win