bankrolled; bankrolling; bankrolls
: to supply money for (a business, project, or person)
bankroller
noun
bank·roll·er
ˈbaŋk-ˌrō-lər
: one that bankrolls
was bankroller for a television show
Examples of bankroll in a Sentence
Noun (1)
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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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
Multiple survivors of Frederick von Mierers' Eternal Values cult are featured in the docuseries, though none more prominently than Hoyt Richards, a former model who used his fame and success to help bankroll von Mierers' enterprise before eventually escaping his clutches.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Northanger Limited was founded in October 2024 with producers bankrolling development from private funds worth £300,000.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
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Noun
Richards attained fame as a pioneering male supermodel in major ad campaigns by the likes of Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon, and Helmut Newton, but all along he was being extorted and exploited by Mierers and his followers to bolster (and bankroll) their shaky, pseudoscientific philosophy.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
Multiple survivors of Frederick von Mierers' Eternal Values cult are featured in the docuseries, though none more prominently than Hoyt Richards, a former model who used his fame and success to help bankroll von Mierers' enterprise before eventually escaping his clutches.
—
Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
Verb
Of course, 90 percent bankrolled by Sepp Blatter and his cronies, the critical flop (a zero Rotten Tomatoes rating) and commercial loser ($171,000 at the box office against a $30 million budget, America’s lowest-grossing opening ever) was never going to paint a well-balanced picture.
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Northanger Limited was founded in October 2024 with producers bankrolling development from private funds worth £300,000.
—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankroll. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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