stake

Plural: stakes

Noun

• (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
  • "a stake in the company's future"
• 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"
• instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
• the money risked on a gamble
• a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground
• A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
• A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
• A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
• The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
• A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
• That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
• A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
• A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.

Verb

Verb Forms: staked, staking, stakes

• To fasten with a pointed piece of wood or metal; to risk.
• put at risk
  • "I will stake my good reputation for this"
• place a bet on
• mark with a stake
  • "stake out the path"
• tie or fasten to a stake
  • "stake your goat"
• kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole
• To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
• To pierce or wound with a stake.
• To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
• To provide (another) with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
• To deposit and risk a considerable amount of cryptocurrency in order to participate in the proof of stake process of verification.

Examples

• He decided to stake his chances on a seven-letter word through a triple-word score.
• His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.
• John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to stake him.
• The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.
• Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.
• to stake vines or plants
• We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.

Synonyms

adventure, back, bet, bet on, gage, game, hazard, impale, interest, jeopardize, post, punt, stakes, venture, wager, peg

Anagrams of stake