bankroll
noun
money in one's possession; monetary resources.
were bankrolling
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past progressiveof bankroll.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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On the trip Osborne met everyone from the founders of LinkedIn and Mozilla to the venture capitalists who were bankrolling some of tech’s biggest names.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2015
There was that boom period, about five years ago, when Mountain Dew and Doritos were bankrolling Wavves/Best Coast joint sets and everyone was getting paid.
From The Verge ● Mar. 21, 2015
Agents from Egypt and neighboring Syria were bankrolling U.A.R.-lining candidates, on occasion subsidized two opposing coreligionists.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only way the sport could be more American is if a big Texas tycoon were bankrolling it.
From Time Magazine Archive
