SHELLING OUT Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

shelling out

verb

present participle of shell out

as in spending

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 shelling out More than 50 years later, fans are shelling out thousands just to get in the building. —

Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 13 June 2026 Youth soccer is a $5 billion industry, with many families shelling out $15,000 (or more) per year for club dues, tournament fees, private lessons, gas, food, hotels and $315 Nike Zoom Mercurial Superfly 11s. —

Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026 By shelling out dollars to upgrade their rosters. —

Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 5 June 2026 Ma was the only candidate who saw opposition spending, with a committee named Taxpayers Against Sexual Harassment By Government Officials shelling out nearly $753,000 for ads trying to persuade voters not to cast their ballots in favor of the current treasurer. —

Grace Hase, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 These lawsuits have caused a major headache for the NCAA as the association navigates uncharted territory, where big-name college athletic departments are shelling out millions of dollars on their rosters for high-profile sports such as football and basketball. —

Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 3 June 2026 Afternoon tea is huge in Tokyo, with diners shelling out nearly 90 billion yen each year to nibble scones and petit-fours. —

Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026 The Delta Business Traveler program may actually be a good way for new business owners to begin wading their way into the world of business perks without shelling out meaningful cash on annual fees or membership pricing. —

Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 29 May 2026 Even some of the biggest tech- and AI-focused companies in the world are shelling out million-dollar pay packages for people who can lead communications efforts at a high level. —

Sydney Lake, Fortune, 28 May 2026

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The retailer employs a team of roughly 40 to 50 personal shoppers in Paris, who work closely with top-spending clients and serve as ambassadors for the store’s designer offering.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
The department is working to approve requests for waivers that give states more flexibility for spending federal money.

— Alia Wong, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026