bankroll
noun
money in one's possession; monetary resources.
had bankrolled
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past perfectof bankroll.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Just four months earlier, he had bankrolled his son David’s $8-billion acquisition of the storied Paramount Pictures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
RedBird Capital will buy the stake owned by Emirati royal Sheikh Mansour who had bankrolled an earlier bid.
From BBC ● May 23, 2025
We knew that Crow had bankrolled Ginni's activist group Liberty Central back in 2009 with over half a million dollars, $120,000 of which was used to pay her salary.
From Salon ● May 5, 2023
She responded that she would have severed ties sooner if not for her regard for him, and sent him the mission statement for a new group she had bankrolled, the Environmental Fund.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2019
Sir Walter Raleigh had bankrolled a settlement for the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2018
