grubstake
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈɡrʌbˌsteɪk/
- Archaic
- I'll suggest that a much larger grubstake is necessary than hinted at.
- need a grubstake
Examples
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They wanted to get some experience farming and fishing, put a grubstake together with their wages, and try it on their own, so they took work on the Watson Place at Chatham Bend.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was here in Fort Grant looking to pick up a grubstake when I heard a marshal with a hanging scar had killed Reno.
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Does that make him a partner of grubstake rights?
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The two surviving partners discuss what to do with their little grubstake.
Academic text (2002) -
Got two good horses and a grubstake, headed for Oregon.
Fiction book (1990) -
If I didn't need a grubstake I'd have walked out on this deal long ago.
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Grubstake.
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They needed a grubstake for their new life, so the first thing Winky and his brother did was go up to the Bend and sell the claim on Lost Man's Key to E. J. Watson.
Fiction book (1990) -
To start their mining venture, they needed a substantial grubstake from investors willing to share the profits.
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Tracy approached his friends for a grubstake to launch his new business idea, promising to divide the profits equally.
How Much
- Specialized
36
4.6
- Specialized
555
3.4
∞
3.2
- Archaic
1
9.9
11
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grubstake originally meant the grub 'food' and stake 'money or support' a prospector received to start looking for gold, and today a grubstake is the money or supplies given in exchange for a share of the profits.