- shell out
- verbadminister or bestow, as in small portions-
administer critical remarks to everyone present
-dole out some money
-shell out pocket money for the children
-deal a blow to someone
-the machine dispenses soft drinks
• Syn:↑distribute, ↑administer, ↑mete out, ↑deal, ↑parcel out, ↑lot, ↑dispense, ↑deal out, ↑dish out, ↑allot, ↑dole out• Derivationally related forms:↑allotment (for: ↑allot), ↑dispensation (for: ↑dispense), ↑dispenser (for: ↑dispense), ↑deal (for: ↑deal), ↑distribution (for: ↑distribute), ↑distributor (for: ↑distribute), ↑distributer (for: ↑distribute)• Hypernyms: ↑give• Hyponyms:• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s something to somebody
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[verb]pay out, fork out (slang), give, hand over* * *
I. verb1. : to hand out or over (as money) demanded or needed : pay out : contribute, disburse, produceknown for his reluctance to shell out money — Barry Bingham
2. : to remove entire by separation from its environment (as by the use of blunt instruments)shell out a tumor
: to furnish the money needed or called for : pay upII. nounmakes it unnecessary to shell out to … racketeers — J.F.McDonald
: a pocket billiards game played with 15 object balls by three or more players with a stake being received by a player from his opponents each time a red ball is pocketed* * *
shell out (informal)1. To pay up2. To pay out, spend• • •Main Entry: ↑shell* * *
ˌshell ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they shell out he/she/it shells out present participle shelling out past tense shelled out past participle shelled out] informal phrasal verbto spend a lot of money on somethingSince they wouldn’t share, I ended up shelling out for two hotel rooms.
Thesaurus: to spend or to pay moneysynonymMain entry: shell* * *
shell out [phrasal verb]— usually + forI'm going to have to shell out for these shoes.
He shelled out $400 for the tickets.
• • •Main Entry: ↑shell
Useful english dictionary. 2012.