Bankroll

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  bankroll \bankroll\ n.
     1. the money carried on one's person. "He shot his bankroll
        on a bob-tailed nag."
  
     Syn: roll, wad.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]


  
     2. one's total supply of money; funds.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  bankroll \bankroll\ v. t.
     To pay the costs of; as, Who will bankroll the restoration of
     the former East German economy?.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bankroll
       n : a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a
           person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a
           bob-tailed nag" [syn: {roll}]
       v : provide with sufficient funds; finance; "Who will bankroll
           the restoration of the former East German economy?"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "bankroll":
     angel, back, capitalize, finance, fund, grubstake, patronize,
     pay for, provide for, refinance, roll, set up, shoestring, sponsor,
     stake, subsidize, support, wad