Give and Shell out

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Give

Give verb - To hand over or use up in payment.
Usage example: I wouldn't give a nickel for such a run-down car
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Shell out is a synonym for give in contribute topic. In some cases you can use "Shell out" instead a verb "Give", when it comes to topics like save, fork out. informal substitute
Nearby Words: giving, given, giver

Shell out

Shell out verb - To hand over or use up in payment.
Usage example: we shelled out an obscene amount of money for those concert tickets
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Give is a synonym for shell out in save topic. You can use "Give" instead a verb "Shell out".

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  • "Gift of the Magi" Plot The Bursar, naturally, doesn't have any pills to put in it ... because the Dean already swiped them from the Bursar's room, so he wouldn't have to shell out any more money to give him a full pillbox.
    Source: "Gift of the Magi" Plot
  • Bribing Your Way To Victory / Video Games It starts off innocently enough, but the difficulty curve climbs so fast that soon you're faced with a choice: either give up, or shell out real cash for in-game currency so that you can buy enough upgrades to stand a chance.
    Source: Bribing Your Way To Victory / Video Games
  • Vanilla Edition Given the high cost of anime DVDs and Blu-Rays in Japan, where 5000 yen for a disc with two episodes isn't uncommon, this practice is undoubtedly meant to give fans a reason to shell out the money for the retail discs instead of just renting the whole series for 100 yen a pop.
    Source: Vanilla Edition
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