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BANKROLL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
Example:
he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag
Synonyms:
bankroll; roll
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Provide with sufficient funds; finance
Example:
Who will bankroll the restoration of the former East German economy?
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bankroll" is one way to...):
fund (furnish money for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue bankroll the movie
