# shell out

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To pay money, to disburse; especially, to pay a great deal of money.
2. To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shell-out