bankroll
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bankroll (plural bankrolls)
- A roll of banknotes or other paper currency, carried in lieu of a wallet.
- Phil kept his bankroll in his front pocket, as it made too much of a lump to sit on.
- The monetary assets of a person or organization.
- Microsoft is a corporation with an extremely large bankroll.
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[edit]roll of banknotes
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monetary assets of a person or organization
Verb
[edit]bankroll (third-person singular simple present bankrolls, present participle bankrolling, simple past and past participle bankrolled)
- (transitive) To fund a project; to underwrite something.
- Synonyms: finance, support, underwrite
- Professor Stebbins didn't need to apply for government grants because his lab was bankrolled by a large pharmaceutical corporation.
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[edit]to fund a project
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