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Definition of 'shell out'

verb

Administer 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, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out]

Synonyms of 'shell out'

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accord,
administer,
afford,
allot,
allow,
award,
bestow,
bestow on,
budget,
communicate,
confer,
cost,
cost out,
deal,
deal out,
disburse,
dish out,
dispense,
dole,
dole out,
donate,
expend,
extend,
fork out,
gift,
gift with,
give,
give freely,
give out,
go through,
grant,
hand out,
heap,
help to,
impart,
incur costs,
invest,
issue,
lavish,
lay out,
let have,
mete,
mete out,
offer,
open the purse,
outlay,
pay,
pay out,
pour,
present,
proffer,
put out,
rain,
render,
run through,
schedule,
serve,
shower,
sink money in,
slip,
snow,
spend,
splurge,
squander,
tender,
throw money around,
vouchsafe,
yield

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