- grubstake N. Amer.
- grubstake N. Amer.informalnoun an amount of material or money supplied to an enterprise in return for a share in the resulting profits.verb provide with a grubstake.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
grubstake N. Amer.
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grubstake — material, provisions, etc. supplied to an enterprise (originally a prospector) in return for a share in the profits, by 1876, Amer.Eng., from GRUB (Cf. grub) + STAKE (Cf. stake) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
grubstake — grubstaker, n. /grub stayk /, n., v., grubstaked, grubstaking. n. 1. provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries. 2. money or other assistance furnished at a time of need or of … Universalium
grubstake — grub•stake [[t]ˈgrʌbˌsteɪk[/t]] n. v. staked, stak•ing 1) provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries 2) money or other assistance furnished esp. to launch an enterprise 3) to… … From formal English to slang
