Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
I have more than once had to lend a commercial money to pay his fare home; as he had played shell-out and lost the lot.1875, George Worsley, Advice to the Young!, page 32:
BT shelled out almost £1bn for the Champions League over the same period, while the FA has just brought in around £820m over six seasons for the international rights to the FA Cup alone.2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian, London:
Do you think we should shell out for the extra options package?
"While their rhetoric continues, this is merely a diversion to the very real financial challenge the industry is facing, with taxpayers still shelling out up to an extra £175 million a month to keep trains running by making up the 20% shortfall in revenue post-COVID.2023 June 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: One year on: rail strikes still at a stalemate”, in RAIL, number 985, pages 10–11:
Here's an interesting effect of a global pandemic that has forced Americans to stay home for nearly 10 months: with less vacation and dine-out options, folks have more money saved up then usual and, given the virtually endless amount of time spent staring at their own four walls, they seem to be more willing than usual to shell out some extra cash to spruce up their abodes.2020 December 3, Anna Rahmanan, “Christmas trees are, indeed, more expensive this year than last”, in Time Out:
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine grinding on, drivers will have to shell out a lot more to fill up their cars as the summer travel season begins this Memorial Day weekend.2022 May 27, Clifford Krauss, “Gas Prices Hit New Highs as Summer Driving Season Starts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Then, after shelling out significant cash on sufficient 44-gallon drums of polyester and epoxy resin and massive rolls of specific density fibreglass material, we proceeded to wax down and lay up the hull.2010, Robyn Catchlove, Somewhere Down a Crazy River, page 18:
TAXPAYERS are shelling out more than €2m annually to pay for the salaries of 10 high-profile CEOs employed in commercial semi-state bodies.2007 October 29, Patricia McDonagh, “Top 10 bosses in semi-state firms cost total of €2m a year”, in Irish Independent:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shelling out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shells out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| shelled out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shelled out | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
fork out · fork over · cough up
de bezahlen (pay money) · ru раскоше́ливаться (pay money) · pl wybulić (pay money) · fr banquer (pay money) · fr aligner (pay money) · fr casquer (pay money) · de Geld ausgeben (pay money) · ru раскоше́литься (pay money) · pl bulić (pay money) · ota بایلمق (pay money) · pl zabulić (pay money)