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 final winner of this event in 2022 shelled out more than $19 million.
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 May 2025
The country shelled out $230 billion in interest payments in 2011 and will be paying $952 billion in interest over 2025.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
New parents also shell out for medical costs, diapers, clothing and feeding supplies.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Adirondack Chairs Rather than shell out hundreds of dollars for a new Adirondack chair, why not take to Facebook Marketplace in search of a more affordable option?
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2025
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Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 May 2025
The country shelled out $230 billion in interest payments in 2011 and will be paying $952 billion in interest over 2025.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
New parents also shell out for medical costs, diapers, clothing and feeding supplies.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Adirondack Chairs Rather than shell out hundreds of dollars for a new Adirondack chair, why not take to Facebook Marketplace in search of a more affordable option?
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shell out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shell out
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About $230,000 of that has been spent so far on planning and design, said Gary Barberio, deputy city manager for community services.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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In their 1995 trial, jewelry sales representative Mary Ellen Mahar testified that the brothers had come to her store just four days after the killings and spent about $15,000 on three Rolex watches.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
25 May 2025
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That work has given him enough money to pay for car insurance and other expenses, but not enough to move out from his parents’ home.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
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Federal Pell Grants go to low-income students and do not need to be paid back; the administration wants to cut the maximum amount of the annual grant from roughly $7,400 to $5,700.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
2 June 2025
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In his first inaugural address in 1933, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid out a political axiom that would come to shrewdly diagnose America's thorny brand of insularity.—
Clare Morell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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While some of the team’s findings have been well documented – such as North Korea sending troops to fight for Russia – the report lays out the stunning scope and scale of weaponry sent from Pyongyang since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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“Shell out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shell%20out. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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