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Noun: bankroll  'bangk,rówl
  1. A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
    "he shot his bankroll on a bob-tailed nag";
    - roll
Verb: bankroll  'bangk,rówl
  1. Provide with sufficient funds; finance
    "Who will bankroll the restoration of the former East German economy?"

Derived forms: bankrolling, bankrolls, bankrolled

Type of: cash in hand, finances, fund, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource

Encyclopedia: Bankroll