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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 $2,000
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Poker pro Adam Hendrix of Anchorage, who earlier this week bagged nearly $138,000 with a runner-up finish in a World Series of Poker event, has added some serious layers to his bankroll.
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Karamanos had single-season highs of 237 wins and nearly $5.1 million in purse earnings in 2002, and his career bankroll has topped $50 million.
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Like his predecessor at Goldman Sachs, former Democratic governor Jon Corzine, Murphy has spent a big portion of his bankroll on supporting other candidates and party organizations around the state, unsurprisingly harvesting a lot of endorsements.
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In 2016, IshDARR punctuated his efforts with his project Broken Hearts and Bankrolls, highlighted by his growth on the mic and seamless beat selection, ultimately gaining a legion of fans.
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The union is a huge political player with hefty campaign bankrolls.
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Alpha agreed in 2011 to pay $210 million to compensate the grieving families, bankroll cutting-edge safety improvements and pay for years of violations by Massey Energy.
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Now the head of the Toronto Blue Jays baseball operations, Shapiro didn't have the bankroll that new national network television contracts have provided major league franchises, beginning in 2014.
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For the next two weeks, Pope and Norman will compete for the nomination, a dynamic that Democrats hope can even out the campaigns’ bankrolls.
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First Known Use of bankroll
1849
bankroll
Definition of bankroll
transitive verb
: to supply money for (a business, project, or person)
bankroller
nounExamples of bankroll in a Sentence
several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
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Baidu and Tencent have teamed up to bankroll Nio, a startup aiming to put autonomous electric vehicles on American and Chinese roads by 2020, which is now valued at $2.8 billion.
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Their business ventures included bankrolling the 2013 movie The Wolf of Wall Street via Aziz's production company, Red Granite, with money funneled through Goldman Sachs.
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Territoriality is currently the basis of indie film financing – both for European productions and many U.S. indies who bankroll their features by pre-selling European rights on a country-by-country basis.
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John Morgan, the Orlando trial lawyer who bankrolled the campaign for medical marijuana, has promised to sue over the smoking prohibition.
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Creditors awaiting a crucial ruling in a long-running $1.5 billion dispute growing out of the General Motors bankruptcy have turned to outside lenders to bankroll the litigation.
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MGM has bankrolled some of the Schaghticokes' earlier efforts to oppose expansion by MMCT.
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Qatar also played a key role in supporting anti-regime movements during the Arab Spring, and acted against Saudi and U.A.E. interests by bankrolling the Muslim Brotherhood’s government in Egypt.
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Over the past several years, governments have quietly bankrolled efforts to develop packaging from food.
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First Known Use of bankroll
1915
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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