as in fund
available money
my total bankroll right now is $2,000
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as in to fund
to provide money for
several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical
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Recent Examples of bankroll
Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Hiring top-notch competitors is no new fad for Goldman; the bank has been welcoming Olympains to its bankroll for decades.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
Oakdale voters approved a half-percent local sales tax in 2022 to bankroll a new public works building and improvements to the city’s police department and Oakdale City Hall.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Backed by his billionaire dad’s bankroll and the full support of many in Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, Paramount CEO David Ellison won the battle for Warner Bros. on Thursday, successfully quashing a surprise bid by Netflix to take over the storied movie and TV company.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Hiring top-notch competitors is no new fad for Goldman; the bank has been welcoming Olympains to its bankroll for decades.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
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
Oakdale voters approved a half-percent local sales tax in 2022 to bankroll a new public works building and improvements to the city’s police department and Oakdale City Hall.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankroll
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Price, who has represented the district since 2013, faces a dozen felony charges, including grand theft by embezzlement of public funds, conflict of interest and perjury.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
9 May 2026
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Prasad said Westlaw is a subsidiary of Resilience, and that whenever there were funds beyond what the hospitals needed to operate, they were transferred into the Westlaw account and then used for the hospitals as needed.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Families are willing to go into debt to finance a surgery if doing so means saving a beloved dog’s life.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Prosecutors have accused him of financing the plot.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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This bowler bag has a wide interior that easily fits all of the essentials, and an interior zip pocket to help keep your things organized.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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Urso argued that incorporated areas have always helped subsidize the roads and services of unincorporated areas.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Our health care system is quite complicated, and so what the beginning of that transition looks like for me is that everyone’s health insurance will be subsidized by 50% by the state.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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The Taurus Sun sextiles Jupiter in your 4th House of Home, making practical choices around security, family, or resources feel unusually constructive.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
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This sort of attention to dessert is otherwise increasingly rare; too many ambitious kitchens pour all their resources into their savory menus and then punt on the sweet courses, serving a scoop of gelato in a fancy coupe, or a slice of cake assembled off-site.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bankroll. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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