Synonyms of shelled out

shelled out

verb

past tense of shell out

as in paid

to hand over or use up in payment

we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paid
• spent
• forked (over, out, or up)
• laid out
• gave
• expended
• disbursed
• ran through
• outlaid
• dropped
• threw away
• rained
• frittered (away)
• wasted
• lavished
• squandered
• dissipated
• blew

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saved
• made
• laid up
• acquired
• realized
• secured
• cached
• earned
• won
• procured
• gained
• hoarded
• garnered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shelled out

The two favorites according to DraftKings—the Panthers and 2026 champion Carolina Hurricanes, each with +650 odds—haven’t shelled out big bucks to any players. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026

The space agency shelled out billions of dollars to Boeing as well as SpaceX for ferry service once the space shuttles retired. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026

And Meta shelled out $14 billion in 2025 for a minority stake in Scale AI in a deal that brought in the startup’s founder, Alexandr Wang, to spin up a new AI division. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Per Deadline reporting, House of the Dragon cost nearly $200 million and was the subject of HBO’s biggest marketing campaign ever, valued at over $100M in media spend (that’s a combo of ad spot value and hard cash shelled out). — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026

The Malian cost Brentford just £37million from French club Lens – half the £75m Spurs shelled out for Fernandes and just over a third of Tonali’s fee. — Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

The Salmonella Enteritidis Has Been Linked To Eggs The FDA has shelled out as well more info about the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak infections that was first listed on the FDA website on June 10. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Fox paid $485 million for the rights to the 2026 World Cup, while Telemundo shelled out $600 million for the Spanish-language telecasts. — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026

Now, with less than a month to go before the August 4th primary, AIPAC has already shelled out nearly five times that amount in pro-Stevens and anti-El-Sayed ads. — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026