Thesaurus / grubstake
FEEDBACK- back
- bank
- bankroll
- capitalize
- endow
- float
- fund
- guarantee
- juice
- patronize
- promote
- go for
- lay on one
- loan shark
- pay for
- pick up the check
- pick up the tab
- prime the pump
- provide funds
- provide security
- put up money
- put up money fo
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The others would bring enough for a winter grubstake, and would prolong their freedom and their independence just that much.
CABIN FEVERB. M. BOWERAnd the caballos need a grubstake for the winter worse than we do, because they can't eat meat.
NORTH OF FIFTY-THREEBERTRAND W. SINCLAIROn the strength of that I doubles my grubstake, and he no sooner gets his hands on the two sawbucks than he starts for the street.
ODD NUMBERSSEWELL FORDHalf an hour afterward he came to the house with his parfleches, and asked me to put him up a couple of weeks' grubstake.
DESERT CONQUESTA. M. CHISHOLMBut that project demanded a substantial grubstake, and other matters of moment were taking his attention at the time.
WHEN THE WEST WAS YOUNGFREDERICK R. BECHDOLTA job for coffee and cakes, and maybe a grubstake to work a few more lonely rocks.
TURNOVER POINTALFRED COPPELMissourian chaps, and a couple of Cornishmen, but they went down to Eldorado to work at wages for a grubstake.
THE GOD OF HIS FATHERSJACK LONDONHe had inveigled other men to share his hopes and labors, to grubstake him while he drove the tunnel that was to cut the vein.
POOR MAN'S ROCKBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRWell, this Wunpost, as they call him, was working on a grubstake for a banker named Judson Eells.
WUNPOSTDANE COOLIDGESuppose,” she said at last, “I should sell my mine elsewhere; how much would you take for that grubstake?
WUNPOSTDANE COOLIDGEWORDS RELATED TO GRUBSTAKE
- affirm
- angel
- answer for
- assure
- attest
- aver
- back
- bankroll
- be surety for
- bind oneself
- certify
- confirm
- cosign
- endorse
- ensure
- evidence
- evince
- get behind
- give bond
- grubstake
- guaranty
- insure
- juice
- maintain
- make bail
- make certain
- make sure
- mortgage
- pick up the check
- pick up the tab
- protect
- prove
- reassure
- secure
- sign for
- stake
- stand behind
- stand up for
- support
- swear
- testify
- vouch for
- wager
- warrant
- witness
- affirming
- angeling
- answering for
- assuring
- attesting
- averring
- backing
- bankrolling
- being surety for
- binding oneself
- certifying
- confirming
- cosigning
- endorsing
- ensuring
- evidencing
- evincing
- getting behind
- giving bond
- grubstaking
- guarantying
- insuring
- juicing
- maintaining
- making bail
- making certain
- making sure
- mortgaging
- picking up the check
- picking up the tab
- protecting
- proving
- reassuring
- securing
- sign for
- staking
- standing behind
- standing up for
- supporting
- swearing
- testifying
- vouch for
- wagering
- warranting
- witnessing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.