Shell out

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money.

"Do you think we should shell out for the extra options package?"

2.verbTo use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.

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