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  • noun Plural form of bankroll.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankroll.

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Examples

  • Accused by some local governments and claimants of inefficiency and parsimony while criticized by BP, which bankrolls the facility, of being too generous, Mr. Feinberg said the fund is striking the right balance.

    BP Spill Fund Has Paid $5 Billion to Claimants Ben Lefebvre 2011

  • Graham SimmondsLondon• There is one simple way to get Israel to agree to President Obama's plan that its borders should be set at the 1967 boundaries: for the US to withdraw the cash that bankrolls the Israeli state.

    Letters: Obama's empty rhetoric on Israel 2011

  • Big bankrolls and healthy balance sheets are the price of admission for a seat at the table.

    Brookfield Takes Chase of Distressed Deals Eliot Brown 2011

  • As for those "political strategy sessions," Thomas and Scalia attended secretive, invitation-only desert retreats, fundraisers held by billionaire Charles Koch, who, with his brother David, owns the energy giant Koch Industries, the second largest private company in the United States, and bankrolls the right wing, including elements of the Tea Party movement.

    Michael Winship: The Bush Legacy Strikes Out American Justice Michael Winship 2011

  • FX "bankrolls shows on the cheap and you get to make a show that is outside the mainstream," says comedian Louis C.K. He says he got about $200,000 to write and produce a pilot for his sitcom "Louie," less than half what broadcast networks offered him just to write the pilot script.

    Cable's Weird New Sitcoms Amy Chozick 2011

  • [Stavridis] noted the direct link between the illicit drug trade and the terrorist groups it bankrolls, noting the threat posed by Islamic radical terrorism.

    Wonk Room » Blogger To Head NATO 2009

  • Koch Industries, the oil and gas behemoth, bankrolls the astroturf groups Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks.

    Wonk Room 2009

  • One such great but underutilized online poker tool is the free poker odds calculator that is available at the click of a mouse and enables online poker players to understand the best way to boost their bankrolls with simple, visual clues that are easy to follow.

    Learn How to Play Texas Hold’Em Poker From the Pros | Poker Hands 2009

  • Koch Industries, the oil and gas behemoth, bankrolls the astroturf groups Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks.

    Wonk Room » Koch Industries Not Only Fueling K St. Lobbying Boom And Anti-Obama Tea Party Protests, But Democrats Too 2009

  • The officers, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence, said most action was expected in the east because the harvest of opium poppies, which bankrolls the insurgency, is still under way in the south and southwest.

    U.S.-led coalition: Taliban plan spate of attacks 2011

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