shell out

shell out
    v 1: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
         critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some
         money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a
         blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn:
         {distribute}, {administer}, {mete out}, {deal}, {parcel
         out}, {lot}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal out}, {dish
         out}, {allot}, {dole out}]
    

shell out
 vi.

   [Unix] To {spawn} an interactive subshell from within a program (e.g.,
   a mailer or editor). "Bang foo runs foo in a subshell, while bang
   alone shells out."
    

shell out

   [Unix] To spawn an interactive subshell from within a program
   (e.g. a mailer or editor).  "Bang foo runs foo in a subshell,
   while bang alone shells out."

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-05-11)
    

68 Moby Thesaurus words for "shell out":
      accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bestow, bestow on,
      budget, communicate, confer, cost, cost out, deal, deal out,
      disburse, dish out, dispense, dole, dole out, donate, expend,
      extend, fork out, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give out,
      go through, grant, hand out, heap, help to, impart, incur costs,
      invest, issue, lavish, lay out, let have, mete, mete out, offer,
      open the purse, outlay, pay, pay out, pour, present, proffer,
      put out, rain, render, run through, schedule, serve, shower,
      sink money in, slip, snow, spend, splurge, squander, tender,
      throw money around, vouchsafe, yield