Synonyms of bankrolls

bankrolls

verb

present tense third-person singular of bankroll

as in funds

to provide money for

several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funds
• finances
• subsidizes
• underwrites
• stakes
• supports
• capitalizes
• sponsors
• endows
• endorses
• backs
• advocates
• aids
• maintains
• pays
• champions
• patronizes
• defrays
• liquidates
• foots
• stands
• cofinances
• refunds
• nourishes
• grubstakes
• provides (for)
• springs (for)
• pays off
• refinances
• pays up
• settles
• recompenses
• discharges
• quits
• clears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defunds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bankrolls

Those comments, viewed dimly by some German politicians, prompted the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), which bankrolls and oversees the Berlinale, to call an impromptu meeting to discuss the future of the Berlinale and Tricia Tuttle’s leadership as festival director. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 May 2026

But people don’t want to be affiliated with its leadership that leaves parents with no child care for random days off, pushes tax hikes on residents and bankrolls the city’s unpopular mayor. — Mailee Smith, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026

Shell companies, covert donations, and opaque real estate ventures launder money that bankrolls political actors abroad. — Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Qatar bankrolls Hamas, ISIS, the Taliban, al-Nusra, and the Muslim Brotherhood. — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

As part of its annual budget, the city gets nearly $10 billion in federal funding that bankrolls various initiatives, including food and rent assistance for low-income New Yorkers as well as education programs and health care services via Medicaid. — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025

Moscow is expanding its military footprint in Nicaragua, while Beijing bankrolls Ortega’s control through secretive deals that serve the dictatorship, not the people. — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025

There are far fewer hard numbers around for the couple's income because they are not required to publish their accounts, like the estate that bankrolls William. — Jack Royston, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024

The legendary Oscar-winning actor will play an Italian financier who bankrolls the Maserati brothers. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024