grubstake
English
noun
Definitions
- (mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
- (business) An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits.
- Money, necessities stockpiled to sustain an effort for a period of time.
Etymology
Compound from English grub (food) + English stake.
Origin
English
stake
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alestake English
- canegrub English
- grub English
- grubber English
- grubble English
- grubhouse English
- grublike English
- grubling English
- grubworm English
- restake English
- stake English
- stake-driver English
- stakebed English
- stakebuilding English
- stakehead English
- stakeholder English
- stakeholding English
- stakehole English
- stakelike English
- stakenet English
- stakeout English
- staker English
- stakest English
- staketh English
- staking English
- sweepstake English
- swoopstake English
- undergrub English
- witchety grub English
- *grubbian Old English
- stake Middle English