Definition of shell out
: pay
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Examples of shell out in a Sentence
we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
Recent Examples of shell out from the Web
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Muir, who has opposed the plans to eliminate the vehicle lanes, said Wednesday that the project ought to be done in phases as once was planned, so that the city wouldn't be shelling out all of the $30 million project cost at one time.
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That’s more than 500 tickets at $75 a pop, and some moviegoers spent more to get there; Larry Raab flew in from Salt Lake City, shelling out for an airline ticket and an Airbnb.
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Since 2014, Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs have announced separate plans to shell out a combined $375 billion over the next seven years, according to data collected by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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Most major tech companies have some sort of bug bounty program that pays searchers, sometimes shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars for especially dangerous or far-reaching bugs.
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Everton may well be wary of having to shell out another £9m in wages for the player next season, and will be eager for their former academy star to finalise his move to DC United as soon as possible.
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Google had to shell out $17 million to 37 states and the District of Columbia, and the Federal Trade Commission hit Google with a $22.5 million fine.
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Further currency weakness for emerging markets could send inflation higher, as those countries have to shell out more in local currency to pay for imports.
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In order to facilitate that move, the university had to shell out big bucks to former head coach Kevin Sumlin, who was fired after the Aggies loss to LSU in the final game of the 2017 regular season.
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First Known Use of shell out
1801
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