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grubstake

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grub·stake  (grbstk)
n.
Supplies or funds advanced to a mining prospector or a person starting a business in return for a promised share of the profits.
tr.v. grub·staked, grub·stak·ing, grub·stakes
To supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits.
grubstaker n.
grubstake [ˈgrʌbˌsteɪk]
n
(Mining & Quarrying) US and Canadian informal supplies provided for a prospector on the condition that the donor has a stake in any finds
vb (tr)
1. (Mining & Quarrying) US informal to furnish with such supplies
2. (Group Games / Gambling, except Cards) Chiefly US and Canadian to supply (a person) with a stake in a gambling game
grubstaker  n
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Noun1.grubstake - funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits
stake, interest - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
Verb1.grubstake - supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits
fund - furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"


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He had ante'd his life for a dozen years, and forty thousand was a small pot for such a stake--the price of a drink and a dance at the Tivoli, of a winter's flutter at Circle City, and a grubstake for the year to come.
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