Funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits

• Prospector's funding
• Funding for a miner

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"material, provisions, etc. supplied to an enterprise (originally a prospector) in return for a share in the profits," by 1876, American English, from grub + stake (v.).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context mining English) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits 2 (context business English) An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Grubstake , also known as Apache Gold , is a 1952 American Western film directed by Larry Buchanan .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I got me a grubstake , I might get lucky.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits v. supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits