stake
noun
Definitions of stake noun
share
- Countable
A share or financial interest in a business or other entity.
She holds a significant stake in the startup company.
The investment gave them a majority stake in the corporation.
Company employees have the opportunity to purchase a stake in the business.
risk
- Countable
The amount of money risked on the outcome of a game or competition.
The stakes were very high in the poker game.
He placed his entire savings as a stake on the game.
They increased the stakes in the competition to make it more thrilling.
stick
- Countable
A pointed stick or metal post used to support, mark, or form a boundary.
The gardener used wooden stakes to support the growing tomato plants.
They drove stakes along the boundary to mark the property line.
The campers used stakes to secure their tents.
Phrases of stake noun
- have a stake in something
To have a significant personal interest or involvement in something, making it important to you.
• As members of the community, we have a significant stake in ensuring its safety.
- the stakes
In a competition or activity, 'the stakes' refer to what can be gained by winning or succeeding.
• The stakes are very high in this competition, as the loser will lose all of their market share.
- the Stakes
The stakes refer to the reward or prize for the winner or successful participant in an activity or competition.
• The stakes are high in this competition as the winner will receive the coveted trophy.
- the beauty, popularity, etc. stakes
a situation in which individuals are evaluated based on the degree to which they possess a particular quality or characteristic.
• In the fashion world's competition, she always ranks high in the beauty stakes.
- raise/up the stakes
To increase the prize or reward in a competition or any activity where people are competing.
• To motivate the sales team, the company decided to raise the stakes in the sales competition.
- the stake
historically, a wooden pole where individuals were bound before being executed by burning as a form of punishment
• Women accused of witchcraft were often sentenced to the stake during the Middle Ages.
verb
Definitions of stake verb
risk
- Transitive
To risk or wager an amount of money on a game or event.
He decided to stake a large sum of money on the horse race.
In the final round, she decided to stake everything she had left.
They staked all their resources on the project.
use stick
- Transitive
To support or secure something by fastening it to a stake.
The rose bush needs to be staked to prevent it from collapsing.
They used ropes to stake the young tree to the wooden stakes.
In windy areas, plants should be staked.
Idioms
- go to the stake for something
To defend a particular action, opinion, or belief, even if it involves significant risks.
• Despite the opposition, he was willing to go to the stake for his beliefs.
- pull up stakes
To gather one's possessions and relocate to a new residence.
• After years of deliberation, they decided to pull up stakes and move to a warmer climate.
- stake a claim
To assert one's right or claim to something, indicating that it belongs to them.
• After the discovery of the new continent, many countries tried to stake a claim to territories there.
- at stake
If something of value is at stake, it is at risk of being lost or damaged.
• The outcome of this competition is at stake for him, as it determines whether he will receive the scholarship, so he feels a lot of pressure.
Phrasal Verbs of stake
- stake something on something
to put something crucial at risk, potentially losing it, if a certain action, decision, or event does not yield the anticipated outcome.
• She staked her entire career on this project.
- stake something out
to continuously observe a location in order to apprehend criminals or to spot a celebrity
• The police staked out the local bank to catch the thief.
- stake someone to something
to furnish an individual with a specific item or the means to acquire it
• He staked me to some money so I could enter the competition.
- stake somewhere/something out
to define the boundaries of a plot or area with wooden stakes to assert ownership.
• He staked out the boundaries of his property with wooden stakes to establish ownership.