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
Americans can expect to shell out a record $784, on average, to cool their homes from June through September, according to a new analysis by the National Energy Assistance Directors Association and the Center for Energy Poverty and Climate.
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Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
Grocery shoppers brace to pay more for eggs, meat and other staples
Egg prices are stabilizing after a sharp run-up earlier this year, but grocery shoppers are already getting used to shelling out more for those and other pantry staples.
—Amina Kilpatrick, NBC news, 11 May 2025
The program shells out roughly $20 million each year on individualized home safety assessments, home hardening and vegetation clearing grants and evacuation route clearing operations.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
United spent £96m and are 14th, Spurs spent £80m and are 16th, West Ham spent £85m and are 17th, while Ipswich shelled out a net spend of £107m and are heading down.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
Grocery shoppers brace to pay more for eggs, meat and other staples
Egg prices are stabilizing after a sharp run-up earlier this year, but grocery shoppers are already getting used to shelling out more for those and other pantry staples.
—Amina Kilpatrick, NBC news, 11 May 2025
The program shells out roughly $20 million each year on individualized home safety assessments, home hardening and vegetation clearing grants and evacuation route clearing operations.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
United spent £96m and are 14th, Spurs spent £80m and are 16th, West Ham spent £85m and are 17th, while Ipswich shelled out a net spend of £107m and are heading down.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shell out
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One-quarter of all U.S. consumers also plans to decrease spending or abstain from buying on Amazon Prime Day this summer, according to data from Akeneo.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
6 June 2025
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The actor-writer-director, who is 31 and uses they/she pronouns, has spent the last decade or so as a niche internet presence, going viral periodically on Twitter (and then X) and TikTok with satirical front-facing videos and bone-dry one-liners.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
6 June 2025
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Blanchfield’s management team reported that she will be paid her full show and win money for UFC Vegas 107.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The Guardians are paying him $10 million this year, and Bieber can opt for a $4 million buyout or a $16 million deal for next season.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Other videos show encounters with United Nations’ convoys in the same area. Israel – and in particular Netanyahu – has never laid out clear plans for what governance and security in Gaza might look like if or when Hamas is defeated.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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Yet the findings revealed nothing like the elaborate espionage operation that Drumright had laid out.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shell%20out. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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