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Business Definition for: Bankroll

  • the money used as finance for a project

Wiktionary Definition for: Bankroll

  • A roll of banknotes or other paper currency, carried in lieu of a wallet.
  • Ex:''Phil kept his '''bankroll''' in his front pocket, as it made too much of a lump to sit on.''
  • The monetary assets of a person or organization.
  • Ex:''Microsoft is a corporation with an extremely large '''bankroll'''.''
  • transitive To fund a project; to underwrite something.
  • Ex:''Professor Stebbins didn't need to apply for government grants because his lab was '''bankrolled''' by a large pharmaceutical corporation.''

Additional Resources

Jones, Salzman form QDE: Time Warner to bankroll network, cable, syndication, magazine and other projects. (Quincy Jones, David Salzman; Quincy Jones-David Salzman Entertainment)
Time Warner to bankroll network, cable, syndication, magazine and other projects Time Warner to bankroll network, cable, syndication, magazine and other projects
Tags: cable, network, syndication, Time Warner Inc.
Research articles 1993-06-28
ADB TO POUR MORE INTO CHINA TO BANKROLL SEMS
AsiaInfo Services 02-19-2007 ADB to Pour More into China to Bankroll SEMs BEIJING, Feb 19, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Asian Development Bank ADB has put USD 3 million of equity investment in Credit Orienwise Group Ltd, a firm providing cre...
Tags: Asian Development Bank, equity investment
Research articles 2007-02-19
Schwab transition loan offer comes with a catch; Breakaway brokers must bring along $75 million in assets.(News)
Byline: Brooke Southall SAN FRANCISCO - Schwab Institutional is trying to take away successful stockbrokers' last excuse for not going independent - by offering to bankroll the transition. But whether or not brokers will take up...
Tags: asset, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2007-01-29
PRESIDENTIAL PAY DIRT: CAMPAIGN OFF TO FAST START AS GORE LOCKS UP KEY EXECS.
With the presidential primaries more than a year away, Vice President Al Gore has already locked up the support of many of the Wall Street financiers and New York businesspeople who normally bankroll Democrats. Among Republicans, New York's big mo With the presidential...
Tags: George W. Bush, Goldman Sachs & Co., John McCain
Research articles 1999-02-08
Developers' deal-making escalates; Community benefit agreements become costly as Bloomberg endorses concept.(News)
Byline: Erik Engquist Two years ago, to win backing for a proposed East Side retail complex, a developer agreed to bankroll a $2 million park rehabilitation. This past winter, a builder coughed up $5 million in goodies to smooth the way for a cont...
Tags: agreement, benefit, Bloomberg L.P., developer
Research articles 2006-03-27
'Millionaire' spreads the wealth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? helped bankroll ABC to its largest weekly average in over four years for the week ending Jan. 16. ABC finished the week as the top broadcast network in both total viewers (17.6 million) and adults 18-49 (6.5 rating/17 ...
Tags: ABC Inc., Fox, Millionaire, network
Research articles 2000-01-24
Solectron Raising $1B in Offer; Funding could bankroll more acquisitions - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article
Milpitas, Calif.-Contract manufacturing leader Solectron Corp. is planning a billion dollar equity offering, as outsourcing continues to zoom.
Tags: acquisition, marketing, Solectron Corp.
Research articles 1999-07-26
Hutchison bid for $2bn more to bankroll 3G.
Dec 02, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Dec 02, 2002 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX)
Tags: 3G, Hutchison
Research articles 2002-12-02
First NBC returns to bankroll N.O. recovery
Veteran New Orleans banker Ashton Ryan gets a daily reminder of the impact of Hurricane Katrina as he prepares to revive the First NBC brand. While his home fared well and he suffered no business losses, he is still sharing his house with more than a dozen people nearly six...
Tags: NBC
Research articles 2006-02-10
Microsoft's Gates Ready to Bankroll Disney Battle.
By Graeme Beaton, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Graeme Beaton, Financial Mail on Sunday, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Tags: Disney Corp., Microsoft Corp.
Research articles 2004-02-15
Lean Green Machines: The 2000 Optimal Cash Scorecard
This article is related to the working capital and cash management. When it comes to cash balances, lots of companies are keeping low profiles. How much cash is enough cash? As debates in corporate finance go, few are more basic or more persistent. On the one hand, cash...
Tags: Financial Accounting, CFO Publishing Corp., Finance
White papers 2000-07-01
Trends and Issues in Angel Investing
The article talks about Business Angels. The Venture Capital Funds talk about •Bankroll less than 5,000 companies. The truths about angels are – they invest close to home, they are cashed-out entrepreneurs and they invest in groups. Again the slide show talks about the angel markets and about its regional...
Tags: Venture Capital, Angel Investing, Incentive, Angel, Financing Startups, Sales Force Management, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Finance, Sales, Management
Presentations 2003-11-03
Costa Mesa, Calif.-Based Emulex Hoax Suspect Had a Hefty Bankroll.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Sep. 2--Mark Jakob, the 23-year-old charged with masterminding the hoax that sent shares of Emulex plunging last week, was no Gen Y dropout using credit-card cash advances to dabble in day trading. Sep. 2--Mark Jakob, the 23-year-old charged with masterminding the hoax that sent...
Research articles 2000-09-01
Looking for liftouts: Janus to bankroll portfolio manager headhunting spree through DST sale.(News)(Brief Article)
Byline: Brooke Southall DENVER - Janus Capital Group Inc. is operating under a cloud, but it plans to use a big chunk of cash to cure a bundle of ills. The mutual fund company, with more than $150 billion under management, plans...
Research articles 2003-09-29
Merrill Lynch and CIR to bankroll Oakwood European loan venture.
The venture capitalist group Oakwood, behind mortgage lender Edeus, has secured GBP202.7m in investments from Merrill Lynch and the publicly listed Italian investment company CIR. The venture capitalist group Oakwood, behind mortgage lender Edeus, has secured GBP202.7m in investments from Merrill Lynch and the...
Tags: Cir, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2007-03-03
Merrill Lynch and CIR to bankroll Oakwood European loan venture.
The venture capitalist group Oakwood, behind mortgage lender Edeus, has secured AGBP202.7m in investments from Merrill Lynch and the publicly listed Italian investment company CIR. The venture capitalist group Oakwood, behind mortgage lender Edeus, has secured AGBP202.7m in investments from Merrill Lynch and the...
Tags: Cir, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
Research articles 2006-11-23
Krasny ventures to bankroll startups; CDW founder eyes incubator.(News)(CDW Computer Centers Inc.; Michael Krasny to launch venture capital operation)
Byline: BOB TITA Michael Krasny, who said he wanted to spend more time in his woodshop when he turned over the reins at CDW Computer Centers Inc. two years ago, apparently has discovered that furniture-making doesn't fully satisfy his entrepreneur Byline: BOB TITA...
Tags: CDW Corp., venture capital
Research articles 2003-01-06
New media's hot play. (DoubleClick Inc.)(Company Profile)
DoubleClick infusion largest ever in city When Kevin O'Connor started his first company nearly 15 years ago, investors would barely give him the time of day. So he turned to friends and family, credit cards and even his spare change jar to bankroll thDoubleClick infusion largest...
Tags: DoubleClick Inc., Kevin O'Connor
Research articles 1997-06-16
Facebook in Pinstripes
Forget Microsoft Office and Excel. Your next powerful business tool could be Facebook. In a post earlier this month, Andy McAfee, a Harvard Business School professor and an expert on Web 2.0 technologies and their applications in business, argues that social networking software brings certain types of...
Tags: Social networking, Microsoft Office, Sean Silverthorne, weak ty, Facebook
Blog posts 2007-10-26
Pfizer Cuts a Deal -- No Bid for Ranbaxy
So Pfizer apparently won't be playing the spoiler in the Daiichi-Ranbaxy merger after all. Instead, CEO Jeff Kindler cut a deal with the Indian generics maker that will delay the introduction of generic Lipitor by about 20 months. Ranbaxy is now spared the cost and uncertainty involved...
Tags: Patent, Pfizer Inc., Agreement, Ranbaxy, Lipitor, David P. Hamilton
Blog posts 2008-06-18
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