as in spends
to hand over or use up in payment
we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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In fiscal 2025, Starbucks reported a 1% decline in same store sales in China, weighed down by 5% decrease in the average amount of money a customer spends per transaction.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025 -
Everybody spends the same amount of money.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Prince Andrew ⬆ Stripped of titles, evicted from his mansion, becomes Andrew Mountbatten Windsor—yet King Charles pays his rent at Sandringham for life.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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When a customer pays cash and doesn't have exact change, the purchase total is rounded down by as much as two cents or up by as much two cents.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Back at the bookstore, the hilarity gives way to a confrontation that shakes Lee to his core.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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At least setting up for the party gives the crew something else to do besides dressing the women’s wounds and blow-drying their hair.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Shells out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shells%20out. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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