"shell out" meaning in English

See shell out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-au-shell out.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shell out (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete) A game played on a billiard table, a variation of pool. Tags: obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-shell_out-en-noun-Xf4KYYz0 Disambiguation of Games: 68 18 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 25 12 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 61 29 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 27 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 25 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 27 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 61 29 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 63 27 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 59 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 60 27 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 68 24 8

Verb

Audio: En-au-shell out.ogg Forms: shells out [present, singular, third-person], shelling out [participle, present], shelled out [participle, past], shelled out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} shell out (third-person singular simple present shells out, present participle shelling out, simple past and past participle shelled out)
  1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money. Tags: informal, intransitive, transitive Synonyms: cough up, fork out, fork over Translations (pay money): aligner (French), banquer (French), casquer (French), bezahlen (German), Geld ausgeben (German), بایلمق (bayılmak) (Ottoman Turkish), bulić (Polish), раскоше́ливаться (raskošélivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), раскоше́литься (raskošélitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-shell_out-en-verb-nGoNCYEj Disambiguation of 'pay money': 100 0
  2. (computing, especially Unix) To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell. Tags: Unix, especially Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-shell_out-en-verb-ZpIrLwNT Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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