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Verb: shell out  shel awt
  1. Administer or bestow, as 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: shells out, shelling out, shelled out

Type of: give

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