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GRUBSTAKE
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I. (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)
II. (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)
