BANKROLLS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

bankrolls

verb

present tense third-person singular of bankroll

as in funds

to provide money for several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical

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Recent Examples of bankrolls There are far fewer hard numbers around for the couple's income because they are not required to publish their accounts, like the estate that bankrolls William. — Jack Royston, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024 The legendary Oscar-winning actor will play an Italian financier who bankrolls the Maserati brothers. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024 Shell companies, covert donations, and opaque real estate ventures launder money that bankrolls political actors abroad. — Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 But people don’t want to be affiliated with its leadership that leaves parents with no child care for random days off, pushes tax hikes on residents and bankrolls the city’s unpopular mayor. — Mailee Smith, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 Qatar bankrolls Hamas, ISIS, the Taliban, al-Nusra, and the Muslim Brotherhood. — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 Moscow is expanding its military footprint in Nicaragua, while Beijing bankrolls Ortega’s control through secretive deals that serve the dictatorship, not the people. — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Feb. 2025 As part of its annual budget, the city gets nearly $10 billion in federal funding that bankrolls various initiatives, including food and rent assistance for low-income New Yorkers as well as education programs and health care services via Medicaid. — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025 Those comments, viewed dimly by some German politicians, prompted the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), which bankrolls and oversees the Berlinale, to call an impromptu meeting to discuss the future of the Berlinale and Tricia Tuttle’s leadership as festival director. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 10 May 2026

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The expenses Grapes for Glioblastoma covers are deliberately different from what cancer philanthropy typically funds.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 July 2026
The bipartisan reform proposal would tweak the payroll tax that funds Social Security.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026

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His employer subsidizes $700 of his $3,900 rent, and utilities and internet cost about $150 monthly.

— Troy Closson, New York Times, 29 June 2026
CityFHEPS subsidizes a portion of rent relief for New Yorkers who’d otherwise be homeless or facing eviction.

— Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026

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