shell(something)out
phrasal verbwithshellverb[T]uk/ʃel/us/ʃel/
informaltopayor givemoneyfor something, usuallyunwillingly:
Havingshelledout €150forthetickets, I wasn't going tomissthe show.
to spend money
- spendHow much do you intend to spend on a house?
- payWhen you bought the tickets, how much did you pay?
- investShe's invested all her savings in the business.
- pay outI've just paid out £700 to get the car fixed.
- splurgeWe've just splurged on new kitchen appliances.
- blowWe won a £15 million settlement in court and we blew it all in six years.
Paying money
- advance
- ante up (something)
- balance
- burn a hole insomeone'spocketidiom
- chargeable
- co-finance
- compensate
- congestion charge
- cough
- foot
- lash
- pay top dollaridiom
- payer
- ransom
- settle up
- sink intosomething
- spender
- splash out(something)
- spring forsomething
- stretch tosomething