Definition of bankroll
: supply of money : funds
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Examples of bankroll in a Sentence
They started the business with a fairly small bankroll.
my total bankroll right now is ,000
Recent Examples of bankroll from the Web
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On Bye earned $34,827 for the win, pushing his career bankroll to $529,530 with a record of 7-19-10 from 56 starts.
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In 2016, George Soros, the philanthropist who’d later bankroll Krasner’s campaign, backed a dozen reform candidates, and ten of them won.
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The party-wrangling has emerged despite Baker’s popularity in public polls and $7.9 million political bankroll that dwarfs all Democrats’ campaign funds combined.
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His campaign bankroll includes $500 from Mac Churchill and $250 from Tarrant County Commissioner Gary Fickes, according to campaign finance records filed Jan. 15 that reflect donations through the end of 2017.
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Unlike the Jolie-Pitts, not all of them have the bankroll necessary to hire a top-tier attorney like Laura Wasser.
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And in a time before helmet laws were widespread and molecular body armor was standard, only a small group had the nerve and the bankroll to mount one.
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Notable bankroll names of today, such as Bill Gates ($101 billion), Sam Walton ($128 billion) and Queen Elizabeth ($43.4 billion), are further down on this list, which doesn't include Oprah Winfrey's $2.7 billion as enough to make the cut.
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This percentage can be much less, especially if your bankroll is higher.
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First Known Use of bankroll
1849
Definition of bankroll
bankrolled;
bankrolling;
bankrolls
: to supply money for (a business, project, or person)
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bankroller
nounExamples of bankroll in a Sentence
several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
Recent Examples of bankroll from the Web
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According to Turner, Poggi, a hedge-fund manager, had been bankrolling the Panthers program from the start, donating about $60,000 in seed money.
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The bad: How long can that bankroll last in a competition with Amazon, which brings in about that much cash every day and bought Whole Foods for $13.7 billion last year?
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The Star’s model makes sense: Partisans and ideologues will always have an interest in bankrolling local political reporting.
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Thiel would avoid a potential countersuit for secretly bankrolling the litigation that drove the blog’s publisher out of business.
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In his comments to McKenna, Schimel also took a shot at liberal billionaire George Soros for bankrolling the challenge in Wisconsin and elsewhere.
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Wendell Jacob, a Davis entrepreneur, served as executive producer and bankrolled the documentary.
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Investigators believe the fugitive South Florida supermarket mogul suspected of murdering his wife's secret lover is being bankrolled by his son — who is part owner of the popular Pincho Factory restaurant chain.
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The bike parking program is bankrolled by federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement grants, which come from gas tax revenue, funneled through the Illinois Department of Transportation.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bankroll.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of bankroll
1915
bankroll Synonyms
Synonyms
capitalize, endow, finance, fund, stake, subsidize, underwrite;
Antonyms
Related Words
advocate, aid, back, champion, endorse (also indorse), patronize, sponsor, support;
maintain, nourish, provide (for);
clear, defray, discharge, foot, liquidate, pay, pay off, pay up, quit, recompense, settle, spring (for), stand;
BANKROLL Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of bankroll for English Language Learners
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: to supply money for (a business, project, person, etc.)
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