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BANKROLL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bankroll mean?
• BANKROLL (noun)
The noun BANKROLL has 1 sense:
1. a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
Familiarity information: BANKROLL used as a noun is very rare.
• BANKROLL (verb)
The verb BANKROLL has 1 sense:
1. provide with sufficient funds; finance
Familiarity information: BANKROLL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
bankroll; roll
Context example:
he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag
Hypernyms ("bankroll" is a kind of...):
cash in hand; finances; funds; monetary resource; pecuniary resource (assets in the form of money)
Domain category:
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Provide with sufficient funds; finance
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
Who will bankroll the restoration of the former East German economy?
Hypernyms (to "bankroll" is one way to...):
fund (furnish money for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue bankroll the movie
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