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What does shell out mean?

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Verb
  1. (informal) To pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money.
  2. (computing) To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.
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The Bankruptcy Act will implement a means test to determine ability to shell out at least a portion of arrears.
If none of this appeals to you, you can even shell out for a custom-made action figure of yourself.
While kids shell out loadsamoney for ringtones, classical music buyers tend to be pernickety about recordings, and careful with their money.
Strict rent control laws here hold down rents but give landlords little incentive to shell out for earthquake proofing.
The creature scavenges spikey structures from sea sponges and builds a shell out of them.
Children had a great time enticing, cajoling, and bamboozling their parents to shell out money for buying candied shells and cakes.

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