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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(mining) 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.
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.
However, each of these words might, on occasion, be used in a different sense, [...], "grub-stake" to denote one's food supply, regardless of how obtained.
The resulting income, the firm hopes, will provide it with the grubstake it needs to move on to the big prize: titanium.
"Nobody grub-stakes me," was the answer. "I stake myself, and when I make a killing it's sure all mine. [...] "
Use grubstake when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Grubstake means (mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I've been through hell. The other three are all at work and healthy, getting grub-stake to prospect up White River this winter.
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