Synonyms of shell out

shell out

verb

as in to spend

to hand over or use up in payment

we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spend
• pay
• lay out
• give
• fork (over, out, or up)
• expend
• disburse
• outlay
• drop
• run through
• throw away
• rain
• lavish
• waste
• fritter (away)
• blow
• dissipate
• squander

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• save
• lay up
• make
• realize
• secure
• win
• acquire
• gain
• cache
• hoard
• earn
• procure
• garner

Examples of shell out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Workers were responsible for about $6,300 of that tab, while employers shelled out nearly $19,300. —Tami Luhby, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024

Here are the taco deals metro Detroit spots are shelling out on Tuesday. —Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 Oct. 2024

Prestige, based on a few pundits’ idea of boundary-pushing genius, stopped paying the bills like it once did (because people stopped shelling out for buzzy music without hearing it first). —Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024

Critical life-saving care is being delayed and organizations are forced to shell out millions of dollars in ransom to get their operations back up and running. —Rich Birhanzel, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024