Noun
1. (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something;
2. a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track);
3. instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
4. the money risked on a gamble
Verb
1. put at risk;
2. place a bet on;
3. mark with a stake;
4. tie or fasten to a stake;
5. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole;
Man came further futher west to stake their claim on the great American wilderness.
The brothers set about eliminating Bouygues SA's stake from Maison Bouygues.
A wooden stake was driven firmly into the ground.
Joan of Arc was burnt ( alive ) at the stake.
In return, the government will get a stake in the company.
Take care how you answer; for your life and salvation are at stake on it.
I would stake my life on it.
They planted a stake in the ground.
Witches used to be burned at the stake.
He set the stake in the ground.
Heretics were burned at the stake.
The Chinese nation has reached a point where its very existence is at stake.
The life of the sick man is at stake.
He was burned at the stake for heresy.
Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake .
Dig a largish hole and bang the stake in first.
Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress.
New opportunities are opening up for investors who want a more direct stake in overseas companies.
The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake.
The time has come for Hindus to stake out their claim to their own homeland.
Competition has been fierce to win a stake in Skoda.
Detectives now believe the Mafia also had a stake in the plot and killed him when it went wrong.
People don't just knock one another off like this unless there's big money at stake.
His stake has been held in escrow since the start of the year.
He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts.
At stake are more than 20,000 jobs in Britain's aerospace sector.
At stake is the success or failure of world trade talks.
The aim was to divide up the business, give everyone an equal stake in its future.
General Motors acquired a 50% stake in Saab for about $400m.
Those who want to take child abuse seriously today must stake out a humane child protection practice.
go to the stake for
used to emphasize that one would do anything to defend a particular belief, opinion, or person
pull up stakes
(N. Amer.)move or go to live elsewhere
stake a claim
assert one's right to something
stake someone/thing out
(informal)continuously watch a place or person in secret
they'd staked out Culley's flat for half a day.
stake out
To assign (a police officer, for example) to an area to conduct surveillance.
To keep under surveillance.
at stake
At risk; in question.
put somebody on the stake
The hooligan puts peddlers on the stake monthly.
There is relatively little information about stake, maybe you can watch a bilingual story to relax your mood, I wish you a happy day!
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