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Verb: fork out  fork awt
Usage: informal
  1. Pay or hand over money, esp. with some reluctance
    "I'll have to fork out for the wedding";
    - shell out [informal], fork over [informal], fork up [informal], stump up [informal]

Derived forms: forked out, forks out, forking out

Type of: cough up [informal], pony up [N. Amer, informal]