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

Derived forms: shelled out, shells out, shelling out

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

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