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, spendRelated Words lavish, rain; blow, dissipate, fritter (away), run through, squander, throw away, wasteNear Antonyms cache, hoard, lay up, save; acquire, earn, gain, garner, make, procure, realize, secure, win