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First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
Jack L. Chalker

Meaning of "shell out" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHELL OUT

From shell (to remove from a pod or (figuratively) a purse).
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SHELL OUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHELL OUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shell out is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES SHELL OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shell out in the English dictionary

The definition of shell out in the dictionary is to pay out or hand over.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHELL OUT

shell
shell bean
shell company
shell game
shell gland
shell jacket
shell program
shell shock
shell star
shell suit
shell-less
shell-like
shell-shocked
shellac
shellac varnish
shellack
shellacked
shellacker
shellacking
shellback

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHELL OUT

all out
bail out
bawl out
call out
check out
chill out
cool out
corbel out
fill out
find out
full out
go all out
on the way out
pull out
roll out
sell out
spell out
tail out
the jury is still out
weasel out

Synonyms and antonyms of shell out in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shell out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHELL OUT

Find out the translation of shell out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shell out from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shell out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

掏出
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desembolsar
570 millions of speakers

English

shell out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खोल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قذيفة من أصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

выложить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desembolsar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেল আউট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

payer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keluar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

berappen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

支払う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밖으로 껍질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cangkang metu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trả tiền
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஷெல் அவுட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाहेर शेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ödemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sborsare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wybulić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

викласти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plăti
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πληρώνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opdok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

punga ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shell ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shell out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELL OUT»

The term «shell out» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.587 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELL OUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shell out» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shell out» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shell out

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QUOTES WITH «SHELL OUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shell out.
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Jack L. Chalker
First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHELL OUT»

Discover the use of shell out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shell out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Go Nuts: Recipes That Really Shell Out
They are versatile, tasty, a great source of protein, available and affordable. This exciting culinary collection has something for everyone, from the seasoned cook to the budding new chef.
Debbie Harding, 2010
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Pecan Technology
Reasons for the existing differences in price include kernel size and the shellout ratio (also called "meat yield," "crack-out," and "total shell-out" in the pecan industry). Large nuts and nuts with a high shell-out ratio reduce the shelling cost  ...
C.R. Santerre, 1994
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Handbook of Mechanical In-Service Inspection: Pressure ...
Tank repair is an imperfect science and it can be difficult to meet construction tolerances on shell out-of-roundness. In such cases, the role of the in-service inspector becomes one of interpretation. Wind bulging Buckling caused by wind gusts ...
Clifford Matthews, 2004
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Cambridge Business English Dictionary
... for foreign shell banks. shell3 /jel/ verb PHRASALVERB shell out [I or T] informal to pay money for something, especially when the cost is unexpected and not wanted: shell out sth Courts have ordered tobacco companies to shell out millions ...
Cambridge University Press, 2011
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Foundation Engineering
Radial deformation of shell (or shell out-of-roundness). In the case of floating roof , shell out-of-roundness may lead to binding of the floating roof during operation, or to a gap between the tank shell and the floating roof. In the case of fixed cone ...
S. Hansbo, 1994
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Using Visual Basic with AutoCAD
First, you can simply use the AutoCAD SHELL command to "shell" out of AutoCAD into another application. Use the following syntax in AutoLlSP: ( command "shell" "application"l You can also use the AutoLlSP START APP command, with the ...
Andrew G. Roe, 2001
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Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database
examples / Why shell out? o DNG (Photo of type Adobe Digital Negative)/ Why shell out? 0 flash (flv) video / Why shell out? 0 PDF document / Why shell out? 0 steps / How to shell out 0 Java / Java 0 Scheduler/m 0 advanced queueing ...
Marcelle Kratochvil, 2013
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Arse Over Teakettle: An Irreverent Story of Coming of Age ...
When we arrived at the first house, we shouted the usual chorus: “Shell out! Shell out! We'll break your windows inside out.” In some neighbourhoods, they chanted , “Shell out! Shell out! The witches are out.” The words trick or treat were ...
Doug Taylor, 2010
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Drink: Never Mind the Peanuts
Don't shell out on extra-posh young vintage Champagne - it takes at least eight years to fully develop. Non-vintage (NV) is released ready to dnnk, so buy that if you can't find mature vintage. Dur adyice is to splash out on mature vintage ...
Susy Atkins, Dave Broom, 2001
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Chambers Dictionary Of Phrasal Verbs
I had to shell out fifty dollars. I refuse to shell out any more money on a project that's bound to fail. ship off v t sep (inf: often derog) to send away: The children have been shipped off to boarding-school. shoot down vt sep (often fig) to hit (eg a ...

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHELL OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shell out is used in the context of the following news items.
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Obama Administration Gives Green Light for Shell to Drill Two Wells …
The Obama administration on Wednesday gave Shell permission to bore two new exploratory ... The Obama Administration should put Shell out of its misery. «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
2
Celebrities get shirty to freeze Shell out of Arctic
DAME Judi Dench, George Clooney, Kate Moss and Peter Capaldi are among 60 celebrities lending their faces to a campaign to shame Shell over its plans to ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
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Photos: Activists Blocked Part of a Shell Fuel Transfer Station on …
Yesterday, the Obama administration approved Shell's exploration plan to drill in the ... Later today, the port commission will debate whether to keep Shell out of ... «TheStranger.com, May 15»
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Help Keep Shell Out of Seattle's Port and Out of the Arctic
Shell plans to use Seattle's port as a staging ground to drill in the Arctic this summer. But after thousands of people in Seattle and across the country spoke out in ... «EcoWatch, May 15»
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Opinion: With Shell out of the picture, who will dance with BP?
Instead, Shell plunked down $70 billion for BG after a month of whirlwind talks that reportedly began with a Sunday afternoon phone call between the two top ... «Energy Voice, Apr 15»
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Shell seeks order to remove protesters from Arctic drill rig
Attorneys for Royal Dutch Shell PLC on Tuesday sued in federal court to remove six Greenpeace activists who ... 'We want Shell out of the Arctic': Greenpeace. «CBC.ca, Apr 15»
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Shell out: Woodside's new era
WOODSIDE Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman says the group's decision to buy back $US2.68 billion ($2.86bn) worth of its own shares from oil giant ... «The Australian, Jun 14»
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Shell Suspends 2014 Offshore Drilling Plans In Arctic
Shell Oil announced Thursday that it is suspending efforts to drill for oil in the Arctic ... all forced Shell out of the Arctic before a single well had been completed. «ThinkProgress, Jan 14»
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Shell sells out of Wheatstone for $1.1bn
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co has struck a deal to buy Royal Dutch Shell out of Chevron's Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project in Western ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 14»

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