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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Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
The Blue Grass win was his third in six career outings and raised his bankroll to $1,146,328.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
The production is the first title out of Yau’s The Plan Company and was bankrolled by him without outside financing.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Musk, who helped bankroll OpenAI, launched a rival AI company in 2023 called xAI, which built a chatbot that competes with ChatGPT.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
The Blue Grass win was his third in six career outings and raised his bankroll to $1,146,328.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
Two weeks ago, LIV Golf did its best to conceal the fact that the Saudi Public Investment Fund would cease to bankroll the league after the current season, only to have LIV Chief Executive Officer Scott O’Neil let the truth slip during a television interview.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
The production is the first title out of Yau’s The Plan Company and was bankrolled by him without outside financing.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankroll. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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