grubstake

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. An amount of money advanced to someone starting a business in return for a share of the future profits.
  3. 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.
动词 v.
  1. To supply such funds to. transitive
    — "Nobody grub-stakes me," was the answer. "I stake myself, and when I make a killing it's sure all mine. [...] "

词形变化

grubstakes plural grub-stake alternative grubstakes present,singular,third-person grubstaking participle,present grubstaked participle,past grubstaked past grub-stake alternative

词源

词源 1
From grub + stake.
词源 2
From grub + stake.
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