shell out

Speech parts

1. shell out - Noun

2. shell out - Verb

3. shell out - Phrase

Meaning

administer or bestow, as in small portions

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

deal distribute administer dispense allot parcel out dole out dish out deal out mete out present provide give cost supply

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Antonyms

garner keep receive husband collect gather

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Hypernyms

give

Hyponyms

give deal apply portion assign allot

Examples

All those words of praise they use for novels – spare, economical. Why should I shell out £17 for economical? Howard Jacobson

Politically speaking, it's always easier to shell out money for a disaster that has already happened, with clearly identifiable victims, than to invest money in protecting against something that may or may not happen in the future. James Surowiecki

First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money. Jack L. Chalker

administer critical remarks to everyone present Source: Internet

dole out some money Source: Internet

shell out pocket money for the children Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

shell out

Close letter words and terms

shell money shell moulding shell oil shell out for shell parakeet shell pea