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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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
That funding bankrolls services like education, housing, child care and social services.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2024
Peter Green, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, Trump has left his 2024 campaign’s get-out-the-vote operation to a Super PAC bankrolled and directed by Musk.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
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Noun
From 2015’s Mack Sagas, his music has been focused on a bankroll and everything that comes with it.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
That funding bankrolls services like education, housing, child care and social services.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2024
Verb
Timothy’s grandfather, the banker Andrew Mellon, bankrolled Warren G.Harding’s presidency and earned himself a spot as Treasury Secretary.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, Trump has left his 2024 campaign’s get-out-the-vote operation to a Super PAC bankrolled and directed by Musk.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Bankroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bankroll. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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