(v) :
to pay money; especially, to pay a great deal of money; (computing, especially Unix) To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell
"do you think we should shell out for the extra options package?"
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(v) :
to pay money; especially, to pay a great deal of money; (computing, especially Unix) To use a program's "shell escape" function to execute an unrelated command or to invoke a subsidiary, interactive shell
"do you think we should shell out for the extra options package?"