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
Whiskey fans would have to shell out three times as much for bottles of brands like Jameson and Tullamore Dew — which are produced in Ireland — while vodka lovers would have to save up for Polish vodkas like Belvedere.
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Energy companies are wary of investing in alternative fuel infrastructure when there aren’t any ships that run on the new fuel, and shipbuilders are want to avoid shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars to build vessels for which there is no steady fuel supply.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
Higher auto part prices mean higher repair costs, which means insurers will have to shell out more cash for claims and then pass those costs to consumers through higher premiums.
—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
In February, consumer confidence — which can help to signal how much shoppers are willing to shell out — saw the biggest drop since 2021.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
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Meredith Kile, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Energy companies are wary of investing in alternative fuel infrastructure when there aren’t any ships that run on the new fuel, and shipbuilders are want to avoid shelling out hundreds of millions of dollars to build vessels for which there is no steady fuel supply.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Mar. 2025
Higher auto part prices mean higher repair costs, which means insurers will have to shell out more cash for claims and then pass those costs to consumers through higher premiums.
—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
In February, consumer confidence — which can help to signal how much shoppers are willing to shell out — saw the biggest drop since 2021.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shell out
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As their name suggests, these tortoises spend most of their time in large burrows that are usually 15 feet long and 6.5 feet deep.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
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Massey spent the last seven years re-launching the company as president and CEO under Rob Stringer, chairman of Sony Music Group.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2025
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Werner heard that one of her scholarships—which had been administered by the center—was being eliminated, sending her into a panic about how to pay for school.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Federal investigators ultimately found that its officers use excessive force, discriminate against Black people, conduct stops and searches without probable cause, and arrest people purely for not having the money to pay fines.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2025
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Supporters of Greenland development laid out their arguments during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing earlier this year.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
10 Apr. 2025
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In addition to making this point, Justice Sonia Sotomayor lays out in her dissent many of the other absurdities and legal sleights-of-hand that undergird this debacle.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shell%20out. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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