BANKROLLING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

bankrolling 1 of 2

noun

as in funding

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bankrolling

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verb

present participle of bankroll

as in financing

to provide money for several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical

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defunding

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Recent Examples of bankrolling

Noun

Just last week, the utilities spent $10 million against me, joining Big Oil’s bankrolling of my opponents. — Tom Steyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026 As recently as this summer, Robinson boasted about his role in co-creating, bankrolling, and starring in Legacy of Lies, an action movie headlined by John Wick martial artist Scott Adkins. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025

Verb

While unions representing teachers and firefighters front the opposition, billionaire donors are bankrolling parallel ballot measures to weaken or void the tax. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Michelangelo, court artisans — all these things happened because someone was bankrolling them. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 18 Aug. 2026 Wall Street's largest banks are riding a lucrative new wave — bankrolling the AI gold rush. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 The man bankrolling it, John Middleton, was seated in the first row behind the Phillies’ dugout Friday. — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 But the exact source of those dollars remains hidden, leaving voters in the dark about who is bankrolling the plan to overhaul the state’s tax structure. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026 Allies include Brin’s Building a Better California, which is bankrolling two counter-measures aimed at undermining the billionaire tax. — Ben Paviour july 2, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026 Northanger Limited was founded in October 2024 with producers bankrolling development from private funds worth £300,000. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 June 2026 If the superfund template survives, the next decade of American energy policy will be written by trial lawyers, attorneys general and a handful of out-of-state philanthropies bankrolling the litigation pipeline. — Yaël Ossowski, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bankrolling

Noun

Voya plans to use the new funding for further technology development and initial deployments in 2027, followed by manufacturing scale-up in 2028.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
State Bags purchases support American children and families in need through funding and supply donations.

— Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of funding

Verb

Many view the deals, which Nvidia is financing from its massive cash pile, as creating dangerous interdependencies with the AI business.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
The magnitude of all of Nvidia's financial commitments — from financing to strategic agreements to equity investments — has had Wall Street on edge.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of financing

Noun

Laesch argues Aurora has given away too much to developers and that economic growth should produce better-paying jobs without adding on corporate subsidies.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
This year, after Congress failed to extend pandemic-era subsidies, premiums skyrocketed for many ACA plans.

— Olivia Aldridge, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of subsidy

Verb

In theory, a middle power could choose to stop subsidizing superpowers.

— Wal van Lierop, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Early advertising results within ChatGPT have been promising enough that executives are increasing the number of ads, potentially subsidizing free access for the 92% of ChatGPT’s consumer users who, Friar says, do not pay for a subscription.

— Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of subsidizing

Noun

In a Monday court filing, the DOJ said Trump secured $258 million in congressional funding for capital restoration in 2025 and recruited donors to finance an endowment.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
This should be of particular interest to pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and insurance companies that have committed billions to climate venture funds.

— Rob Day, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of endowment

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