GRUBSTAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grubstake mean? 

• GRUBSTAKE (noun)
  The noun GRUBSTAKE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GRUBSTAKE used as a noun is very rare.

• GRUBSTAKE (verb)
  The verb GRUBSTAKE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GRUBSTAKE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRUBSTAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("grubstake" is a kind of...):

interest; stake ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something)

Derivation:

grubstake (supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits)

• GRUBSTAKE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "grubstake" is one way to...):

fund (furnish money for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

grubstake (funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits)