grubstake
Americannoun
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provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
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money or other assistance furnished at a time of need or of starting an enterprise.
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
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informal to furnish with such supplies
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to supply (a person) with a stake in a gambling game
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But Hagan also lavishes praise upon Wenner for building a media empire from a tiny grubstake.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2017
Both, as it happens, were attributes prized by Charles Lewis Tiffany, who helped found a store that sold stationery and fancy goods in 1837 with a $1,000 grubstake from his father.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2015
At the firm's start in 1985, Schwarzman and co-founder Peter G. Peterson shared a secretary and oversaw a grubstake of just $400,000.
From BusinessWeek • May 7, 2009
To start them off, the U.S. gave each refugee traveling alone and going beyond Miami a $60 grubstake, and each family $100.
From Time Magazine Archive
He told Westerberg he planned on staying until April 15, just long enough to put together a grubstake.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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