as in paid
to hand over or use up in payment
we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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And a lot of money was paid for him too.—
Talk of the Devils,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025 -
Goldman told The New York Times that Richards paid a fine for the conviction and never had to serve any jail time.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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By this logic, reducing the time spent on task initiation can increase your overall productivity, with more time spent on actual work rather than task transitioning.—
Daniel Wendt,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Rushdie was born in India, but spent much of his life in the UK and now resides in New York.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Shelled out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shelled%20out. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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