grubstake
(noun) funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits
grubstake
(verb) supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grubstake (plural grubstakes)
(mining) Money, materials, tools, food etc. provided to a prospector in return for a share in future profits.
(business) 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.
grubstake (third-person singular simple present grubstakes, present participle grubstaking, simple past and past participle grubstaked)
(transitive) To supply such funds to.
Source: Wiktionary
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
