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What does shell out mean?

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Verb
  1. (informal) To pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money.
  2. (computing) To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.
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Instead of using explosives to propel a shell out of a gun barrel, a rail gun uses magnetism to speed a projectile along two rails.
While kids shell out loadsamoney for ringtones, classical music buyers tend to be pernickety about recordings, and careful with their money.
And if I ask, she'll turn on the waterworks, and then I have to shell out more money to buy tissues.
If none of this appeals to you, you can even shell out for a custom-made action figure of yourself.
Despite my earlier misgivings, this place is a find for those ready to shell out serious gelt.
Your poor pal has just made a terrifying investment and, as you say, is having to shell out for new furnishings and other bits and bobs.

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