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The definition of stake
9 Definitions of: stake
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- noun, a stick or metal bar driven into the ground as a marker, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc
- noun, one of a number of vertical posts that fit into sockets around a flat truck or railway wagon to hold the load in place
- noun, a method or the practice of executing a person by binding him to a stake in the centre of a pile of wood that is then set on fire
- noun, Mormon Church an administrative district consisting of a group of wards under the jurisdiction of a president
- noun, pull up stakes to leave one's home or temporary resting place and move on
- verb, to tie, fasten, or tether with or to a stake
- verb, to fence or surround with stakes
- verb, to lay (a claim) to land, rights, etc
- verb, to support with a stake
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- noun, the money or valuables that a player must hazard in order to buy into a gambling game or make a bet
- noun, an interest, often financial, held in something
- noun, the money that a player has available for gambling
- noun, a prize in a race, etc, esp one made up of contributions from contestants or owners
- noun, horse racing a race in which all owners of competing horses contribute to the prize money
- noun, short for grubstake
- noun, at stake at risk
- noun, raise the stakes a) to increase the amount of money or valuables hazarded in a gambling game b) to increase the costs, risks, or considerations involved in taking an action or reaching a conclusion
- verb, to hazard (money, etc) on a result
- verb, to invest in or support by supplying with money, etc
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From Collins
©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of stake