stake
- stake
- [[t]ste͟ɪk[/t]]
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stakes, staking, staked
1) PHRASE If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake...
At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks...
At stake are more than 20,000 jobs in Britain's aerospace sector.
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2)
N-PLURAL: oft
supp N The
stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups...
By arresting the organisation's two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the stakes...
For Mr Blair the political stakes could hardly have been higher.
3)
VERB If you
stake something such as your money or your reputation
on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
[V n on n] He has staked his political future on an election victory...
[V n on n] He has staked his reputation on the outcome.
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4)
N-COUNT: N in
n If you have a
stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts...
Detectives now believe the Mafia also had a stake in the plot and killed him when it went wrong.
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5)
N-PLURAL: the supp N You can use
stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as
the leadership
stakes.
Britain lags behind in the European childcare stakes.
6) N-COUNT A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
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7) PHRASE: V inflects If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress...
Baguet's success staked his claim for a place in Belgium's world championship team.
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stake — [stāk] n. [ME < OE staca, akin to Frank * stakka: see STICK] 1. a length of wood or metal pointed at one end for driving into the ground, as for marking a boundary, supporting a plant, etc. 2. a) the post to which a person was tied for… … English World dictionary
stake — n 1: the subject matter (as property or an obligation) of an interpleader 2: an interest or share in an esp. commercial undertaking Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
stake — [n1] pole pale, paling, picket, post, rod, spike, stave, stick; concepts 471,479 stake [n2] bet, wager ante, chance, hazard, peril, pledge, pot, risk, venture; concept 329 stake [n3] share, investment award, claim, concern, interest, involvem … New thesaurus
Stake — Sf Pfahl, Stocherstange per. Wortschatz ndd. (15. Jh.) Stammwort. Übernommen aus dem Niederdeutschen: Mndd. stake, mndl. stake m., in hochdeutscher Form ahd. stah Spießhirsch . Ferner ae. staca m. Stange und wohl auch verbaut in gt. hleiþra… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Stake [1] — Stake (Stakhake), hölzerne Stange, deren man sich bes. zum Fortschieben kleiner Fahrzeuge bedient; am obern Ende ist eine Krücke, am untern ein gabelförmiger eiserner Haken mit Stachel … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Stake [2] — Stake (engl., spr. Steht), der Einsatz im Spiele u. bei Wetten, bes. bei Wettrennen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
