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
The Moore administration ripped up the Hogan draft budget and embarked on a spending binge, shelling out $1.9 billion of the Hogan operating surplus on a liberal wish list of green energy dreams, social service programs and union demands for more pay, more government jobs and more benefits.
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Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
Streaming services, many of whom shell out big bucks to buy Sundance films, have upended the ways that movies are experienced.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Visitors willing to stay in New Orleans East, a little out of downtown, or in the North Shore/Slidell area, about 30-40 minutes from the city, will likely shell out less for lodging.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Don't feel like shelling out $299 for a vintage Uncle O'Grimacey PlayPlace statue from eBay?
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Igoe, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
Streaming services, many of whom shell out big bucks to buy Sundance films, have upended the ways that movies are experienced.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Visitors willing to stay in New Orleans East, a little out of downtown, or in the North Shore/Slidell area, about 30-40 minutes from the city, will likely shell out less for lodging.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025
Don't feel like shelling out $299 for a vintage Uncle O'Grimacey PlayPlace statue from eBay?
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shell out
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From feeling the sunshine on your skin to swimming in crystal-clear waters, spending time at the beach can have a healing impact on your wellbeing.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Sleeping the necessary seven to nine hours is like making a deposit, and any deprivation (that is, being awake more than 17 hours in a row) is like spending.—
Ashley Abramson,
Allure,
18 Feb. 2025
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Current customers would be precluded from paying for the additional power generated for new heavy users.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Shein said its suppliers paid their workers twice as much as local minimum wages.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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The conservative agenda laid out by Trump allies in Project 2025 calls for moving some HUD functions to other agencies, states or localities.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2025
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Fighting wildfires is one of the Forest Service’s top priorities, listed first in a recent budget document laying out the agency’s funding needs.—
Zac Anderson,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shell%20out. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025.
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