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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Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Hiring top-notch competitors is no new fad for Goldman; the bank has been welcoming Olympains to its bankroll for decades.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
The public was bankrolling much of it via a Board of Supervisors decree to move taxpayer funds to the museum but reacted to the design with a shrug at best—plenty thought the undulated single-floor space looked like an amoeba oozing over Wilshire.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Backed by his billionaire dad’s bankroll and the full support of many in Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, Paramount CEO David Ellison won the battle for Warner Bros. on Thursday, successfully quashing a surprise bid by Netflix to take over the storied movie and TV company.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Hiring top-notch competitors is no new fad for Goldman; the bank has been welcoming Olympains to its bankroll for decades.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
There’s been no update since fall on how a new football venue would be bankrolled.
—Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 8 Mar. 2026
The public was bankrolling much of it via a Board of Supervisors decree to move taxpayer funds to the museum but reacted to the design with a shrug at best—plenty thought the undulated single-floor space looked like an amoeba oozing over Wilshire.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankroll. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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