grubstake

verb

Definition of grubstakenext
as in to pay

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Recent Examples of grubstake Out of cash, Steen reluctantly abandoned grubstaking to work as a carpenter in Tucson, Arizona, for a year, but the uranium called to him. — Aaron Robinson, Car and Driver, 27 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubstake
  1. pay
  2. defray
  3. pay off
  4. liquidate
  5. fund
  6. stake
  7. recompense
  8. underwrite
Verb
  • The settlement will be paid by Hyundai Mobis, Kia and local staffing and recruitment agencies that helped find and bring the immigrant workers to Georgia on temporary visas.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The records involve consulting work, paid for with public funds.
    — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of pay
Verb
  • The federal case comes in the same week that the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission rejected NIPSCO’s plan to defray about $741 million in natural gas infrastructure costs by passing along the costs to ratepayers.
    — Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The family has raised more than $151,000 toward a goal of $250,000 to defray medical expenses, lost wages and household expenses.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of defray
Verb
  • The harder question is who takes the loss if the hardware ages faster than the loans are paid off.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Google has been all-in with Gemini for the last several years, and despite some animosity online, the bet is paying off.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of pay off
Verb
  • Berkshire previously bought a larger stake in the first quarter of 2025, but liquidated the position in the third quarter of 2025.
    — Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Operations connected to Asics Trading will be wound down, after which the entity will dissolve and liquidate.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of liquidate
Verb
  • Nvidia would supply computing hardware through the chip arrangement instead of directly funding construction.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Unfreezing these assets is one of the main bargaining chips in talks with Western governments, with the ban on girls’ education a key sticking point – meaning the very money that once funded that schooling is now being withheld to try to restore it.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of fund
Verb
  • Mayaka staked Boise an early lead with his second goal of the season in first-half stoppage.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Both have staked their political careers on a tough-on-crime agenda.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of stake
Verb
  • Rioters have typically been ordered to pay $500 if found guilty of a misdemeanor or $2,000 if convicted of a felony to the Architect of the Capitol to recompense for the damage.
    — Ella Lee, The Hill, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Our society doesn’t send teenagers to fight each other to the death and watch it on live TV as a form of entertainment and recompense for a long-ago rebellion.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of recompense
Verb
  • The businesses that teach the market how to underwrite them will be the ones the machines cite when the market asks how.
    — Camden Kaminsky, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • By using institutional credit, insurance funds and private capital to underwrite GPUs and data centers, Nvidia is helping its end users secure financing without tapping their own balance sheets.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of underwrite

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