bankrolled; bankrolling; bankrolls
: to supply money for (a business, project, or person)
bankroller
noun
Examples of bankroll in a Sentence
Noun
They started the business with a fairly small bankroll.
my total bankroll right now is $2,000
Verb
several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
This goes hand in hand with your bankroll management.
—Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Lowell jumped on the bandwagon and hurriedly so, bankrolling and putting himself in charge of an expedition to Arizona territory to set up a telescope ahead of Mars nearing the Earth in 1894.
—Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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Noun
This is a great chance to redeem welcome offers from the leading sportsbooks and build up bankroll for Week 2.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
This goes hand in hand with your bankroll management.
—Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
But these games essentially underpin the broadcast deal for the Asia Cup, in turn bankrolling the ACC, its pathways and smaller Asian nations reliant on funding.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Lowell jumped on the bandwagon and hurriedly so, bankrolling and putting himself in charge of an expedition to Arizona territory to set up a telescope ahead of Mars nearing the Earth in 1894.
—Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankroll. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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