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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.)play

  Familiarity information: BANKROLL used as a noun is very rare.


BANKROLL (verb)
  The verb BANKROLL has 1 sense:

1. provide with sufficient funds; financeplay

  Familiarity information: BANKROLL used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BANKROLL (noun)


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)


BANKROLL (verb)


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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