SHELLING OUT Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

shelling out

verb

Definition of shelling out next

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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With the smallest businesses — a key target market for Xero — typically spending nearly half their time on administrative tasks, this is clearly something to be taken seriously.

Roger Trapp, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
That $17 million tab includes spending on road, sewer and water improvements to make the site available for other development.

Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024

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