grubstake noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.I've been through hell. The other three are all at work and healthy, getting grub-stake to prospect up White River this winter. — 1918 •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.No one however should go to this country intending to mine without taking with him a year's supplies commonly known as a grub stake or its money equivalent about $1,000. — 1903 verb1 •To supply such funds to."Nobody grub-stakes me," was the answer. "I stake myself, and when I make a killing it's sure all mine. [...] " — 1910 formsgrubstaked · grubstaking · grubstakes
