Shell Out

Definition: Shell Out

Shell Out

Verb

1. Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone".

Domain	Definition
Computing	Shell out vi. [Unix] To spawn an interactive subshell from within a program (e.g., a mailer or editor). "Bang foo runs foo in a subshell, while bang alone shells out.". Source: Jargon File.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Shell Out

Synonyms: administer (v), allot (v), deal (v), deal out (v), dish out (v), dispense (v), distribute (v), dole out (v), lot (v), mete out (v), parcel out (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Expenditure	Verb: expend, spend; run through, get through; pay, disburse; ante, ante up; pony up; open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings; lay out, shell out, fork out, fork over; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money.
Payment	Pay one's way, pay one's shot, pay one's footing; pay the piper, pay sauce for all, pay costs; do the needful; shell out, fork out; cough up, fork over; come down with, come down with the dust; tickle the palm, grease the palm; expend; put down, lay down.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Expression using "shell out": To shell out. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "shell out"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		derdh paratë. (various references)

Arabic		‏قصف ب, ‏دفع مالا (fork), ‏بصق (expectorate, spit, spitting, splutter, sputter). (various references)

Bulgarian		бръквам се (fork out), плащам (come across, compensate, cough up, defray, give, kick in, meet, part, pay, plank down, remunerate, set up, settle up, stand sam). (various references)

Czech		vysolit, vyklopit (dump, fork out, shoot, spill), vybrat (choose, clear, cull, look for, scoop, select, single out, tell off, withdraw). (various references)

French		payer, cracher, casquer, bombarder (shell). (various references)

German		zusetzen (add, affect, afflict, badger, harass, hit hard, importune, lean on, pay out, pester, press hard, punish, ride, take a lot out of, to afflict), lockermachen (part with), löhnen (cough up, pay up), berappen (fork out). (various references)

Greek		πληρώνω (defray, pay, pay for, pay out, remunerate). (various references)

Hebrew		לשלם (pay, recompense, render, restitute). (various references)

Hungarian		kiguberál pénzt. (various references)

Italian		sborsare (disburse, fork out). (various references)

Pig Latin		ellshay outay

Portuguese		puxar pela carteira, pagar (acquit, defray, give, pay, pay out, pay up, remunerate, repay, requite, retort, return, reward, rip up, satisfy, settle, spend, to pay, unrip), gastar dinheiro (spend money), despender (disburse, expend, lay out, put out, spend). (various references)

Romanian		plãti (defray, disburse, finance, foot, fork out, fork over, fork up, give, make good, offset, pay, quit, remit, stand, stump up), da din buzunar. (various references)

Russian		раскошеливаться (fork out). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		tući neprijateljske položaje. (various references)

Spanish		pagar (acquit, allow, bear, cheque out, clear off, defray, discharge, divvy, fee, foot, fund, get it in the neck, give, honor, honour, lash out, let in, light, make good, meet, pay, pay away, pay back, pay for, pay out, pay over, pay up, paying, put down, repay, requite, return, settle, throw, throw back, to pay), cascar (crack, thrash, trounce, whip). (various references)

Swedish		punga ut med (cough up, plank out, stump up), betala (answer, clear, discharge, liquidate, pay, pay up, pick up the bill, quit, settle). (various references)

Turkish		paraları sökülmek, ödemek (acquit, ante, ante up, atone for, clear, come across with, defray, disburse, discharge, domicil, domicile, domiciliate, fee, foot, fork out, fork over, fork up, give, indemnify, pay, pay for, pay in, pay out, pick up the tab, plonk down, quit, recoup, redeem, repay, retire, satisfy, settle, spring, stump, stump up, to pay, wipe out). (various references)

Ukrainian		розщедрюватися (dub up), вилущувати. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-h-l-l-o-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: hulloes, outsell, sellout.
	-2 letters: hellos, helots, hostel, hotels, housel, hullos, hustle, sleuth, solute, tholes, tousle, tulles.
	-3 letters: ethos, hello, hells, helos, helot, holes, holts, hosel, hotel, house, hullo, hulls, losel, lotus, louse, louts, lutes, ousel, shell, sheol, shote, shout, shute, sloth, south, stole, stull, tells, telos, thole, those, thous, toles, tolls, tolus, touse.
	Words containing the letters "e-h-l-l-o-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: tollhouse.
	+2 letters: tollhouses.
	+4 letters: heliolatrous, prothalluses, slothfulness.
	+5 letters: flugelhornist, leptocephalus, thoughtlessly.
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Shell Out

Definition: Shell Out

Shell Out

Verb

Specialty Definition: Shell Out

Computing

Synonyms: Shell Out

Synonyms within Context: Shell Out

Expenditure

Payment

Expression: Shell Out

Modern Translation: Shell Out

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Anagrams: Shell Out

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