VERB
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administer or bestow, as in small portions
dole out some money
the machine dispenses soft drinks
administer critical remarks to everyone present
deal a blow to someone
shell out pocket money for the children
How To Use shell out In A Sentence
- Those fans who do shell out for tickets for the final still face astronomical transport costs. Times, Sunday Times
- Or taking home some cash when you shell out on a new pair of shoes? The Sun
- She sees herself as a kind of peapod, whose purpose is to split and shell out little replicas of herself. THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD
- If you want the repairs done right, you'll have to shell out at least $800.
- That is unless you're prepared to shell out a hefty sum to a ticket tout.
- While kids shell out loadsamoney for ringtones, classical music buyers tend to be pernickety about recordings, and careful with their money.
- It's the type of band you wish you could see at a raging party in your friend's basement but instead have to shell out mega-bucks to see on a mega-tour at a baseball stadium.
- Now a new study sets out to determine what schools get for the money they shell out to run athletic programs, by measuring whether student athletes fare better in the workplace than their nonathlete peers. Primary Sources
- She was my grand-daughter, and what's bred in the bone ... oh, but she'd hocussed me properly, playing shrinking Purity, and I'd been ready to shell out half my fortune - and I'd come within an ace of committing murder for her. Watershed
- I'm a skinflint and I don't want to shell out on Dreamweaver.
