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
Meanwhile, faculty members told The Tribune last month that the university was shelling out $10 million a week to keep research efforts afloat.
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
The real danger is that a bunch of wealthy parents-to-be who are too eager to control their children’s biological future will shell out $5,999 for a product that offers no such control.
—Arthur Caplan & James Tabery, Scientific American, 28 July 2025
The investors were seeking $8 billion in damages from Meta in fines and legal costs shelled out by Facebook to resolve users’ privacy breaches.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 17 July 2025
Neon shelled out $17 million to buy the movie at Sundance, marking one of the richest deals in the festival’s history.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Aug. 2025
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Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
The real danger is that a bunch of wealthy parents-to-be who are too eager to control their children’s biological future will shell out $5,999 for a product that offers no such control.
—Arthur Caplan & James Tabery, Scientific American, 28 July 2025
The investors were seeking $8 billion in damages from Meta in fines and legal costs shelled out by Facebook to resolve users’ privacy breaches.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 17 July 2025
Neon shelled out $17 million to buy the movie at Sundance, marking one of the richest deals in the festival’s history.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shell out
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He was expected to spend the majority of this season as the third quarterback on the depth chart, behind Rudolph.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
6 Aug. 2025
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Musk, President Trump have public falling-out President Donald Trump's goals for U.S. spaceflight appeared to align strongly with those of Musk after the tech mogul spent millions to help reelect the Republican to a second term in the White House.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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While Prime members get free same-day grocery delivery for orders over $25, customers without a Prime membership must pay a $12.99 fee (no matter what the order size is).—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Arizona school districts spend millions monitoring students online At least 52 Arizona school districts or charter schools have paid for monitoring software in the past five years, according to GovSpend, a company that tracks government spending data.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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According to a video post from the Central Birmingham Business Improvement District, the items have all been methodically laid out on the floor of a giant warehouse to be sorted and tagged before they are shared with the Osbourne family.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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From Jonas Pate, the creator of Outer Banks, the new Prime Video series follows a group of recent high school graduates from Wilmington, N.C., who form a band with hopes of escaping the mundane futures that have been laid out before them.—
Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shell%20out. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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