bankrolled; bankrolling; bankrolls
: to supply money for (a business, project, or person)
bankroller
noun
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Ira Trivedi, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2015
Person, then an assistant coach at his alma mater, pocketed the bankroll with a promissory note to deliver top NBA prospects to Blazer, who would then become their business manager.
—Patrick Sauer, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
Alison Durkee, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
The real opponent, Stanford attorneys say, is not Li’s elderly widow, who likely has little income, but the Chinese government bankrolling the case.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
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Noun
In 2011, the Indian government levied a tax on coal, which was supposed to go into a National Clean Energy Fund that bankrolls research regarding green technologies.
—Ira Trivedi, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2015
Person, then an assistant coach at his alma mater, pocketed the bankroll with a promissory note to deliver top NBA prospects to Blazer, who would then become their business manager.
—Patrick Sauer, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
Verb
Many top donors also bankroll independent political groups like super PACs, which aren’t beholden to the FEC’s $6,600-per-person limit for direct campaign donations—which is where Trump still holds an advantage, at least for now.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
The real opponent, Stanford attorneys say, is not Li’s elderly widow, who likely has little income, but the Chinese government bankrolling the case.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankroll. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.
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