GRUBSTAKE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)