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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
grubstake
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I got me a grubstake, I might get lucky.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
grubstake

"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
grubstake

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 profits 3 Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time. n. 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 profits 3 Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time. vb. (context transitive English) To supply such funds to.

WordNet
grubstake
  1. n. funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits

  2. v. supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits

Wikipedia
Grubstake

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

Usage examples of "grubstake".

Floyt reminded Alacrity, holding up the garter Callisto had given him as a parting gift and grubstake.

She had lost her pack, along with all them beans and flour and baking powder that Wickard Cole had grubstaked me to.

Not every prospector was grubstaked by a large company or criminal consortium.