Definition of "grubstakes" []

• Plural form of grubstake. (noun)

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• "Perhaps the best path would be to start with two or three government grubstakes of $10 billion, with the hope that private investors would push the capital base to $50 billion each."
• "The workers were the fellows toiling for grubstakes."
• "The prospectors had gold fever, grubstakes, the ability to persevere against long odds of success, and the rare peak experience of striking the mother lode."