SHELL OUT Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

shell out

verb

Definition of shell out next

as in to spend

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

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Recent Examples of shell out Inside Madison Square Garden, where fans have shelled out minimum $10,000 to be in the building, only one brand is advertising directly to women. —

Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 10 June 2026 Youth soccer is a $5 billion industry, with many families shelling out $15,000 (or more) per year for club dues, tournament fees, private lessons, gas, food, hotels and $315 Nike Zoom Mercurial Superfly 11s. —

Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026 By shelling out dollars to upgrade their rosters. —

Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 5 June 2026 Google, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM have shelled out millions on the technology, which proponents claim will solve complex problems, including drug discovery. —

Annie Palmer,samantha Subin, CNBC, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for shell out

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But with a growing awareness of the mental health risks posed by children spending too much time online, Starmer has decided to go further after speaking to parents and considering evidence from Australia, which brought in a ban for under-16s last year.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
Carolina spent the first part of the Stanley Cup Final surviving, finding ways to overcome deficits and play a high-scoring game that didn’t fit the Hurricanes’ typical style.

— Mark Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026