shell out
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disburse, drop, expend, fork (over, out, or up), give, lay out, outlay, pay, spend
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SimpliSafe grew from 200,000 customers in 2013 to more than 2 million today — and many of those customers do decide to shell out for the monthly monitoring service, which starts at about $15. — Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, "Why one Boston home security startup caught on and another didn’t," 12 July 2018 Time to call the plumber, and shell out for a couple hours of service, right? — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, "What are Dems to do about the SupCo?," 27 June 2018 Time to call the plumber, and shell out for a couple hours of service, right? — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, "“Time Banking” Is Catching On In the Digital World," 25 June 2018 And the amped-up CocoCay will encourage consumers to shell out for a new array of amenities: Separate charges will apply for water slides, wave pool, balloon rides, zip line, and the Coco Beach Club. — Bfran Golden, chicagotribune.com, "CocoCay, Royal Caribbean's private island, getting $200 million renovation," 22 Mar. 2018 And the amped-up CocoCay will encourage consumers to shell out for a new array of amenities: Separate charges will apply for water slides, wave pool, balloon rides, zip line, and the Coco Beach Club. — Fortune, "Royal Caribbean Is Designing a $200 Million Island," 21 Mar. 2018 Since 1995, taxpayers have shelled out some $600,000 after bad behavior in Senators’ offices. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Sexual Harassment on the Hill," 28 Dec. 2018 One of United’s MileagePlus members shelled out 420,000 miles for a two-person package, which included coach-class flights to and from Memphis, two nights’ lodging and a tour of the UAM warehouse and disassembly facility in Tupelo. — Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY, "United frequent-fliers splurge on miles to see Boeing 747 'disassembly center'," 6 June 2018 In Theranos’s brief, Icarus-like existence as a Silicon Valley darling, marquee investors including Robert Kraft, Betsy DeVos and Carlos Slim shelled out $900 million. — Roger Lowenstein, New York Times, "How One Company Scammed Silicon Valley. And How It Got Caught.," 21 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shell out.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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