stake meaning

• Verb: stake  steyk
  1. Put at risk
     "I will stake my good reputation for this"
     - venture, hazard, adventure, jeopardize, jeopardise [Brit] 
  2. Place a bet on
     - bet on, back, gage [archaic], game, punt 
  3. Mark with a stake
     "stake out the path"
     - post 
  4. Tie or fasten to a stake
     "stake your goat" 
  5. Kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
     - impale
  Noun: stake  steyk
  1. (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
     "a stake in the company's future"
     - interest 
  2. A pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track)
     "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
     - post 
  3. Instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning 
  4. The money risked on a gamble
     - stakes, bet, wager 
  5. A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground

  Sounds like: steak

  Derived forms: stakes, staked, staking

  Type of: bet, fasten, fix, gamble, instrument of execution, kill, lay on the line, mark, part, percentage, play, portion, post, put on the line, risk, secure, share, visual signal, wager

  Part of: pool

  Encyclopedia: Stake

• 
  [Architecture]
  1.

  A small anvil used for the working of thin sheet metal, so called because it is supported by a sharp vertical prop which is inserted in a hole in the workbench; the sheet-metal worker may select one of a number of different stakes, the particular shape depending on the task.

  2.

  A stick of wood sharpened at one end and set into the ground to act as a boundary marker or to support or hold something.

• 
  [Business]
  noun, verb

  ■ noun

  BLOCKING STAKE

  1 (Finance ) [C, usually sing.]

  money that sb invests in a company:

  The group has a 40% stake in the airline.

  He paid £140 million for a 51% controlling stake in the brewery.

  a controlling/majority/minority stake (in sth)

  ◆ to acquire/buy/sell/take a stake (in sth)

  ◆ to cut/increase/raise/reduce your stake (in sth)

  ◆ to have/hold/own a stake (in sth)

  2 [C]

  something that you risk losing, especially money, when you try to predict the result of a race, etc. or when you are involved in an activity that can succeed or fail:

  How much was the stake

  (= how much did you bet)?

  When you start a new business, the stakes are high, but the rewards can be great.

  3 [sing.]

  an important part or share in a business, plan, etc. that is important to you and that you want to be successful:

  The workers all have a personal stake in the wage negotiations.

  IDIOMS

  at stake

  that can be won or lost, depending on the success of a particular action:

  Hundreds of jobs are at stake if the firm doesn't win this contract.

  PLAY verb

  ■ verb [+ obj]

  to risk money or sth important on the result of sth:

  The company is staking its future on the success of this product.

  IDIOMS

  stake (out) a/your claim (to/for/on sth)

  to say or show publicly that you think sth should be yours:

  By taking over its main competitor, the group has staked its claim to be the biggest high-street retailer.

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Examples

1. he has a deep stake in the business.
2. our children 's education is at stake.
3. i am staking everything on this card.
4. "the stake is dead ahead," gil said.
5. it staked the lives of all human beings.