GRUBSTAKE Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

grubstake

verb

Definition of grubstake

as in to pay

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defund

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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

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Verb

There are also annual membership options, as adults can pay $300 for the year, seniors pay $200 and youngsters pay $75.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
The Premier League, having asked for proof of the justification in paying that fee for Maatsen, approved the deal.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of pay

Verb

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the team has sought $550 million in investment to defray the cost of building a $2 billion stadium in Sin City.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
And in Minnesota, state officials have been executing a thorough corrective action plan to defray CMS concerns that have led the agency to defer some $260 million in federal money and to threaten future cuts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026

Definition of defray

Verb

Tech companies are also going to need to start generating even bigger revenues and profits to pay off their debts.

— Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
That bet has paid off in silverware, but also with a development pipeline that produced not just players but the coach who would lead them to two major titles.

— Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of pay off

Verb

When Party City and Joann Fabrics liquidated last year, Michaels Stores had an opportunity to swoop in and fill the void each retailer had left in the market.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 17 July 2026
No one questioned why an elderly customer was wiring money for the first time in decades, liquidating the accounts, or appearing anxious.

— Ari Maas, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026

Definition of liquidate

Verb

Trial testimony indicated clients transferred upwards of $2 million to Engle, expecting the money to remain in those accounts until their loans were funded.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
None of the money was ever returned to the customers, and Engle provided them with false excuses as to why the loans hadn’t been funded, federal attorneys said.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of fund

Verb

Later that afternoon, about four miles away outside of Home Depot in Pasadena, organizers staked in the ground dozens of white crosses that bore photos of the dead — the majority of them men.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
The juvenile green, leafy trees had vanished and were replaced by rows of thin, lifeless trunks staked into the ground like tombstones.

— Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 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

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