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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Guney Yildiz, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
So, a $20 million bankroll for a roster sounds like a sweet deal for athletes, huh?
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2024
Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 28 June 2025
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman offered to bankroll someone, anyone, who would run against Mamdani, implying his mayoralty would spur a flight with the ultrarich.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 June 2025
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Noun
If a foreign ally bankrolls Air Force One today, why not fund chip fabs tomorrow—wedging U.S. policy into a gilded trap?
—Guney Yildiz, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
So, a $20 million bankroll for a roster sounds like a sweet deal for athletes, huh?
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2024
Verb
And billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman (who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election) pledged to bankroll whichever viable challenger vows to take on Mamdani in November.
—Zohreen Shah, ABC News, 28 June 2025
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman offered to bankroll someone, anyone, who would run against Mamdani, implying his mayoralty would spur a flight with the ultrarich.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 June 2025
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankroll. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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