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grubstake definition

☆ grub·stake (grub′stāk′)

noun

  1. money or supplies advanced to a prospector in return for a share in any findings
  2. money advanced for any enterprise

Etymology: grub, + stake

transitive verb grubstaked -·staked′, grubstaking -·stak′·ing

to provide with a grubstake

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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