• Bankroll

    Full definition of bankroll

    Noun

    bankroll

    (plural bankrolls)
    1. 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.
    2. The monetary assets of a person or organization.Microsoft is a corporation with an extremely large bankroll.

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To fund a project; to underwrite something.Professor Stebbins didn't need to apply for government grants because his lab was bankrolled by a large pharmaceutical corporation.

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