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Verb: shell out  shel awt
  1. Give or provide in small portions
    "shell out pocket money for the children";
    - distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out, mete, dole

Derived forms: shelled out, shells out, shelling out

Type of: give

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