From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshell out (something) phrasal verb informalPAY FORto pay a lot of money for something, especially unwillingly If you want the repairs done right, you’ll have to shell out at least $800. for She ended up shelling out for two rooms. → shell→ See Verb table
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shell out • Not wanting to shell out £1500 to £2500 for a replacement, he started looking around for a solution.• They had difficulties in re-paying, he took their benefit book, and they ended up shelling out £450.• He shelled out another $ 200.• But how readily will they shell out hundreds for a similar-sized piece of software?• We were expected to put our hands in our pockets and shell out regardless of whether or not we were getting value for money.• And for this sort of performance, local taxpayers shell out roughly $ 360,000 a year.shell for• I was shelling out Pounds 200 for boots and losing money.• And the fighter revealed he's shelling out £20,000 for sparring partners Mike Weaver and Tony Tubbs, both former world champions.From Longman Business Dictionaryshell out something phrasal verb [intransitive, transitive] informal to spend a lot of money on something, often when you do not really want toSYNFORK OUT for/onThe insurance company refused to shell out for repairs.NFC shelled out £75 million on 16 businesses. → shell→ See Verb table 