bankrolled
past simple and past participle ofbankroll
bankroll
verb[T]
informaluk/ˈbæŋk.rəʊl/us/ˈbæŋk.roʊl/tosupportapersonoractivityfinancially:
ajointprojectbankrolled by the USspaceagency
Paying money
- ante up (something)
- balance
- burn a hole insomeone'spocketidiom
- charge
- chargeable
- co-finance
- compensate
- congestion charge
- cough
- foot
- lash
- paid
- payer
- prepaid
- settle up
- sink intosomething
- spender
- splash out(something)
- spring forsomething
- stretch tosomething
Examplesofbankrolled
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
And which foreign business men havebankrolledthe party, fleeing the country?
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There is a real risk that his election could bebankrolledby a company.
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On that point, what about people who claim that they have been defamed, but the action that they bring isbankrolledby other people?
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Choice is entirely open to the individual in the marketplace, but that choice should not bebankrolledby the state via the tax system.
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These drug firms werebankrolledby thousands of doctors and pharmacists who purchased shares in the companies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He alsobankrolledthe construction of one of the university's dorms, named for his wife.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Recruits to the force were usually personally wealthy, providing their own horses and uniforms, and units were often heavilybankrolledby their senior officers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He made large contributions to his church, and single-handedlybankrolleda haven for wayward teenagers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.More significantly, while he has largelybankrolledthe team during the first years of his tenure as president, he is committed to making the club self-supporting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Andersonbankrolledmany early private space ventures and paved the way for the astropreneurs who followed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The high school was built in 1923 at a cost of $4 million,bankrolledby the mining industry, which wanted to make the move more palatable for those being displaced.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Smalley, who also composed and plays the piano soundtrack, and his gangbankrolledthe $70,000 film by selling on-screen credits for $10 each and having a hometown barbecue fundraiser.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Wark used his share of the cash to help pay for his wedding while a team-matebankrolleda house extension.
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