bankroll

[bangk-rohl] /ˈbæŋkˌroʊl/

noun

money in one's possession; monetary resources.

verb (used with object)

Informal. to finance; provide funds for:

to bankroll a new play.

Origin

1885-90; bank² + roll

Related forms

bankroller, noun

Examples from the web for bankroll

Artists used to need the labels to bankroll their recordings.
And the company is backing the product with a fat bankroll.
The feds are still going to bankroll conventional roads and highways and so forth.
It's easy to dismiss people who would bankroll these projects as profligate spend-alls.
Investors usually expect to bankroll several missions before getting a return on their investment.
All they see are the dollar signs on his bankroll, and the action he's willing to put down at the tables.
Migrants who fled oppressive governments, for example, can hardly be expected to bankroll the regimes that drove them away.
The regimes that bankroll sovereign-wealth funds are often authoritarian and sometimes downright dangerous.
Western governments which bankroll it do not seem unduly worried.
Individual donors are unlikely to bankroll despots for strategic reasons, as governments do.

British Dictionary definitions for bankroll

/ˈbæŋkˌrəʊl/

noun

a roll of currency notes

the financial resources of a person, organization, etc

verb

(transitive) (slang) to provide the capital for; finance

Word Origin and History for bankroll

"roll of bank notes," 1887, from bank (n.1) + roll (n.). The verb is attested from 1928. Related: Bankrolled; bankrolling.

Slang definitions & phrases for bankroll

verb

To finance; put up the money for, esp for a theatrical production; angel: Whoever bankrolled this turkey will go broke (1920s+)