shell out in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "shell out < → δείτε τις λέξεις shell και out",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shell out",
      "source": "header"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ανεπίσημοι όροι (αγγλικά)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Do you know how much I shelled out in taxes this year?",
          "translation": "Ξέρεις πόσα έσκασα σε φόρους φέτος;"
        },
        {
          "text": "I shelled out £5 for that hat.",
          "translation": "Έσκασα 5 λίρες γι' αυτό το καπέλο."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "πληρώνω, τα σκάω"
      ],
      "id": "el-shell_out-en-verb-4hV1Fgv0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "μεταβατικό & αμετάβατο",
        "ανεπίσημο"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shell out"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "shell out < → δείτε τις λέξεις shell και out",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shell out",
      "source": "header"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ανεπίσημοι όροι (αγγλικά)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Do you know how much I shelled out in taxes this year?",
          "translation": "Ξέρεις πόσα έσκασα σε φόρους φέτος;"
        },
        {
          "text": "I shelled out £5 for that hat.",
          "translation": "Έσκασα 5 λίρες γι' αυτό το καπέλο."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "πληρώνω, τα σκάω"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "μεταβατικό & αμετάβατο",
        "ανεπίσημο"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shell out"
}

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"shell out" meaning in English

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