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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Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
This race not only stamps a ticket to the Breeders’ Cup, but could also reshape the older filly & mare division—and your betting bankroll.
—Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Casey Michel, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2025
The overnight deployments have been, in part, bankrolled by $77 million that Hochul announced during her annual State of the State speech in January.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
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Noun
History can’t provide much guidance on Musk’s political prospects when a Musk-size bankroll is in play.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
This race not only stamps a ticket to the Breeders’ Cup, but could also reshape the older filly & mare division—and your betting bankroll.
—Jared Welch, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Verb
In recent years, more and more foreign actors have begun bankrolling American legislators, taking advantage of massive loopholes in campaign finance laws and the Federal Election Commission’s lack of enforcement.
—Casey Michel, Foreign Affairs, 8 Aug. 2025
The overnight deployments have been, in part, bankrolled by $77 million that Hochul announced during her annual State of the State speech in January.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankroll. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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