bankroll

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US/ˈbæŋk.ɹoʊl/

noun

A roll of banknotes or other paper currency, carried in lieu of a wallet.

“Microsoft is a corporation with an extremely large bankroll.”

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Meanings

nounbankroll (plural bankrolls)

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. figurativelyThe monetary assets of a person or organization.

    Microsoft is a corporation with an extremely large bankroll.

verbbankroll (third-person singular simple present bankrolls, present participle bankrolling, simple past and past participle bankrolled)

present singular third person bankrolls · participle present bankrolling · participle past bankrolled · past bankrolled

  1. transitiveTo 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.

    1 more example

    Pathfinder is keen to stress it is not insolvent, but owner Barry Cordell, who is in his late 80s, has decided he can no longer bankroll the company.

    2025 October 15, “News: Pathfinder to run final trains”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 13

    Synonyms: finance, support, underwrite

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo fund a project; to underwrite something.

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financesupportunderwrite

More synonyms by meaning

nouna roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)

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roll
Broader
fundsfinancesmonetary resource
Also see
roll

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Compound of bank + roll.

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Translations

Dutch een rol bankbiljetten, fonds
  • een rol bankbiljettenroll of banknotes
  • fondsmonetary assets of a person or organization
  • budgetmonetary assets of a person or organization
  • financierento fund a project
Finnish rahoittaa
  • rahoittaato fund a project
French un rouleau de billets de banque, fonds
  • un rouleau de billets de banqueroll of banknotes
  • fondsmonetary assets of a person or organization
  • capitalmonetary assets of a person or organization
  • budgetmonetary assets of a person or organization
  • financerto fund a project
German Bündel Geldscheine, Geldscheinbündel
  • Bündel Geldscheineroll of banknotes
  • Geldscheinbündelroll of banknotes
  • Geldreservenmonetary assets of a person or organization
  • Spielgeldmonetary assets of a person or organization
  • finanzierento fund a project
  • die Kosten übernehmento fund a project
  • für die Kosten aufkommento fund a project
Spanish fajo, billetaje
  • fajoroll of banknotes
  • billetajeroll of banknotes
Swedish finansiera
  • finansierato fund a project
Cite this entry
APA

bankroll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankroll

MLA

“bankroll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankroll. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bankroll,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankroll.

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