shelling out
Reluctantly handing over
Shelling out means paying money, usually with reluctance or when the amount feels significant: I can't believe I'm shelling out two hundred dollars for concert tickets.
The phrase suggests extraction—money leaving your possession like peas from a pod.
It nearly always implies the speaker finds the expense unwelcome or excessive.
- payingTransferring money owed
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- ponying upSettling a debt owed
- footingSecure ground position
- compensatingCounterbalancing a lack
forking out · laying out · parting with · big bucks · arm and a leg · reimbursing · donations · allocating · reluctance · settling · investing · purchasing · generosity · bills · resentment · coughing up · doling out · fees
shelling outreceiving
Acquiring what's sent
taking in · collecting · pocketing · earning · cashing in
shelling outsaving
Reserving for future use
hoarding · keeping · stashing · economizing · pinching pennies
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