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
  • Singapore pays its political leaders high salaries to attract talent and deter graft, but the issue is thorny in the city-state, where the median wage worker made S$5,775 ($736) a month in 2025.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • On the field, the Mets are obviously not paying this much attention.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of pay
Verb
  • Zhang sjust launched a GoFundMe to help defray the unforeseen expenses.
    — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The cash infusion should help Notre Dame defray the ever-increasing costs of running a competitive athletic department, including a football roster budget that’s near the top of the market.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of defray
Verb
  • The global industry will be watching closely to see if the festival’s gamble on a content market will pay off, especially with AFM right around the corner in early November.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Looks like the method acting (stopping his heart medication in order to play a dying man) paid off.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of pay off
Verb
  • When incomes decline, Koreans are more likely to cut their spending or work more than to liquidate their assets.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Vertical farming startup 80 Acres Farms has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate its assets.
    — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of liquidate
Verb
  • Amazon has already funded a significant expansion in ULA launch capability to support the Amazon Leo constellation.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The taking on of extra debt to fund the Gordon payment is a clear sign of a club in need of liquidity.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of fund
Verb
  • Tourists will be staking their claim to the beaches during the holiday weekend, and that will cause the horses to retreat back to the dunes.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Cuban refugee Tony Montana arrives in Miami as part of the Mariel boatlift and quickly stakes his claim in the city’s drug trade.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Sep. 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
  • Insurers have been underwriting this risk with real money for years, which tells you the market accepted the premise some time ago.
    — Tenzin Seldon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by about 260 business organizations, higher education institutions and individual donors.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of underwrite

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