原文链接 原文链接 Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day for August 6, 2020 is: grubstake • \GRUB-stayk\ • verb : to provide with material assistance (such as a loan) for launching an enterprise or for a person in difficult circumstances Examples: “Kimbro, on the other hand, traveled widely, still hoping to find the speculator who would grubstake him for the big attack on the hidden field. He would go anywhere, consult with anyone, and offer almost any kind of inducement: ‘Let me have the money, less than a year, ten-percent interest, and I’ll give you one-thirty-second of my participation.'” — James A. Michener, Texas , 1985 “When my entrepreneurial father had the bright idea to start a microfilm company, he asked my grandfather for financial help, only to be refused.… Eventually his brother, Frank, a doctor, grubstaked him for $500 to help start the company, a tidy sum in those days.” — Phil Power, Bridge Magazine (Michigan), 28 Mar. 2020 Did you know? Grubstake is a linguist...
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