bankrolled; bankrolling; bankrolls
: to supply money for (a business, project, or person)
bankroller
noun
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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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PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
The United States has not significantly curbed domestic drug demand or the trafficking of U.S.-made firearms into Latin America, which bankroll and arm the region’s biggest Mafias and cartels.
—Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2024
Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Sam Altman of Open AI are the latest moguls to each pony up identical $1 million gifts to the fund bankrolling the glitzy Jan. 20 return to power for Trump.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Unlimited is home to hundreds of independent films, some with blockbuster budgets but most with smaller casts and bankrolls.
—PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
The United States has not significantly curbed domestic drug demand or the trafficking of U.S.-made firearms into Latin America, which bankroll and arm the region’s biggest Mafias and cartels.
—Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
Based in Washington, the Berger Action Fund is bankrolled by Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss billionaire whose donations have landed him in the crosshairs of congressional and state investigations into foreign influence in the United States.
—Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jeff Bezos of Amazon and Sam Altman of Open AI are the latest moguls to each pony up identical $1 million gifts to the fund bankrolling the glitzy Jan. 20 return to power for Trump.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankroll. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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