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
Between all 11 names on the ballot in 2025, candidates raised about $59 million and shelled out more than $43 million of that as of May 12, according to the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission.
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Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Approaching the end of the decade, however, another extension should see the Catalans having to shell out even more money to keep a figure that could have already won several Ballon d’Ors by then happy.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
For the tornadoes, FEMA shelled out $9.5 million to about 3,300 people.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
To fill the gap, the Department of Corrections was shelling out millions of dollars in overtime pay.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
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Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Approaching the end of the decade, however, another extension should see the Catalans having to shell out even more money to keep a figure that could have already won several Ballon d’Ors by then happy.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
For the tornadoes, FEMA shelled out $9.5 million to about 3,300 people.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
To fill the gap, the Department of Corrections was shelling out millions of dollars in overtime pay.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shell out
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Prosecutors allege that one of the defendants and other co-conspirators spent three days on-site scouting an international jewelry show in San Mateo, Calif., including making multiple calls to each other, to plan the robbery.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
18 June 2025
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Most entrepreneurs spend their time trying to optimize their funnel, fix their ads or tweak their landing page.—
Rudy Mawer,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2025
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Letarte expects teams to pay more attention to their In-Season Challenge competitors as the five-race tournament plays out, and the potential $1 million draws closer.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
26 June 2025
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Hochul disagrees with Mamdani’s plan to raise taxes on the rich to pay for his plans as mayor, such as free child care and buses.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
26 June 2025
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In the report, the group laid out its guidelines, which recommend taking cultural context into account when determining how to display or dispose of remains, given that practices such as cremation or postmortem display may be considered traditional by one culture and taboo by another.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Years ago, Bryan Smith laid out a tell-sell-test-consult-co-create framework.—
George Bradt,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shell%20out. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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