bankrolln.
/ˈbaŋkrəʊl/, U.S. /ˈbæŋkˌroʊl/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
A roll of banknotes; (in extended use) the money a person possesses; funds, financial resources; (Gambling) the amount of money a person sets aside for a given session or period of gambling. Frequently with possessive. Cf. roll n.1 6e.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > of an individual or company
exchequer1619
finances1686
bank balance1805
fisc1820
one's own poke-nook1821
roll1846
bankroll1849
society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [noun] > a banknote > roll of
roll1846
bankroll1849
Michigan bankroll1920
poke1926
1849 Graham's Mag. Nov. 308/1 The merchant with his bank-roll of tens of thousands, squanders all in one wild effort to grasp a bubble upon an unknown sea.
1891 Forum Oct. 291 A professional gambler..can..borrow $5,000 for what is called his ‘bank-roll’.
1951 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 2 Mar. 8/3 The average American tourist could take home a few Paris labels without completely wrecking the family bankroll.
1974 D. Goines Daddy Cool vi. 84 He thanked the women, then removed a hundred-dollar bill from his bankroll.
1996 Fast Company June 114/1 You can bet 1% of your bankroll on the next bet.
2005 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 20 Jan. 19 Bloomberg still has a huge, untapped advantage: his sky's-the-limit campaign bankroll.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
bankrollv.
/ˈbaŋkrəʊl/, U.S. /ˈbæŋkˌroʊl/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
transitive. To provide the funding for (an enterprise, project, etc.); to financially support (a person pursuing a particular career or goal); to finance, subsidize.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > support by payment [verb (transitive)]
subsist1625
subsidize1798
subvent1848
subvention1852
subventionize1879
bankroll1915
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [verb (transitive)] > provide with capital
stock1615
finance1783
financier1873
capitalize1878
fund1900
angel1904
bankroll1915
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > support by payment [verb (transitive)] > pay subsidy to (a country) > subsidize a company to prevent bankruptcy
nurse1890
bankroll1915
1915 Boston Daily Globe 15 Jan. 6/5 The report that he is going to ‘bankroll’ an out-of-town boxing club.
1926 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 13 Aug. 23/5 I didn't care who bankrolled the show just so I got my money.
1944 D. Runyon Runyon à la Carte (1946) vi. 92 I am not able to bank-roll you to a very large start.
1992 D. Morgan Rising in West iii. xxii. 435 He was the brother..who bankrolled the college education for the children of in-laws.
2007 New Scientist 8 Sept. 51/1 Anderson bankrolled many early private space ventures.
Derivatives
ˈbankˌrolling n.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > provision of capital
financing1865
bankrolling1935
injection1968
venture capitalism1969
1935 Chester (Pa.) Times 28 Mar. 13/2 More liberal authorial bankrolling should bring in sound talent and give peace to suffering eardrums.
1977 Washington Post 28 Oct. 11/1 Her bankrolling of politician-husband Tom Hayden's short-lived Senate campaign has been thoroughly reported.
2002 Guardian 12 Oct. (Review section) 31/2 America's..early bankrolling of Saddam Hussein.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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