grubstake

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits
verb supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits

From grub + stake.

S'pose you catch hiyu grubstake." — Desert Conquest; or, Precious Waters, A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
There was a pal of mine put up the grubstake. — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan
He wrote the letters--to himself--and spread the news just to raise a grubstake. — The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, Unknown

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