Noun

• S: (n) grubstake (funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits)

Verb

• S: (v) grubstake (supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) fund (furnish money for) "The government funds basic research in many areas"
• S: (v) grubstake (supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits)
• S: (v) bankroll (provide with sufficient funds; finance) "Who will bankroll the restoration of the former East German economy?"
• S: (v) absorb, take over (take up, as of debts or payments) "absorb the costs for something"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame