Definition of "bankroll" []

• A roll of paper money. (noun)
• Informal One's ready cash. (noun)
• Informal To underwrite the expense of (a business venture, for example). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If you're gambling bankroll is $1500, then you'd need a 94.5% chance for an even bet."
• "Through a typographical error in our announcement cards the word "roll" might lead us to think that Canada's bankroll is at stake."
• "I guess that proves he’s an impostor, or that public funding is worse than the bankroll from the utilities."