grubstake
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American Heritage Dictionary (2 definitions)

    –noun
  1. Supplies or funds advanced to a mining prospector or a person starting a business in return for a promised share of the profits.
    2. –verb-transitive
  2. To supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits.

Century Dictionary (1 definition)

  1. To fit out or supply with appliances, etc., for some operation or undertaking, on condition of sharing in the profits. See grub-stake, n.

Wiktionary (2 definitions)

    –noun
  1. An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits
    2. –verb
  2. To supply such funds

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  • With his own horse under him and a grubstake from the grateful -- and thoughtful -- Murilo, the Cimmerian sets out to look over the civilized world, with an eye to making it his oyster.
    —Conan
  • Kellogg had termed his grubstake, before he knew it.
  • The loan, known as a grubstake, entitled Bernard to a hefty share of the gold.
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/(grŭbˈstākˌ)/
ahd pronounces "grubstake"
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