grubstake
Example Sentences
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But Hagan also lavishes praise upon Wenner for building a media empire from a tiny grubstake.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2017
Both, as it happens, were attributes prized by Charles Lewis Tiffany, who helped found a store that sold stationery and fancy goods in 1837 with a $1,000 grubstake from his father.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2015
At the firm's start in 1985, Schwarzman and co-founder Peter G. Peterson shared a secretary and oversaw a grubstake of just $400,000.
From BusinessWeek • May 7, 2009
"What matters," says Tan, "is the creation of a Sino-Malay spirit," and he thinks this can be done by giving the Chinese squatters a grubstake in the land.
From Time Magazine Archive
He told Westerberg he planned on staying until April 15, just long enough to put together a grubstake.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
