Synonym: bet, gamble, peg, post, risk, wager. Similar words: by mistake, take, take out, take up, take on, take off, take for, take to. Meaning: [steɪk] 
n. 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. v. 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.
n. 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. v. 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. 
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91) Three years ago Rover linked up with Honda, which took a 20 percent stake in the company.
92) Initially, Aegon will find the additional in a way that will give them a 50 percent stake in the non-with-profits business.
93) In fact, corn farmers probably have as big a stake in sugar quotas as do sugar growers!
94) Millionaire computer tycoon Alan Sugar, a lifelong Spurs fan, bought a 48 percent stake in the club earlier this year.
95) It is easiest if the man carrying the stake walks behind the net and the man setting the net walks in front of it.
96) What has been at stake that we concerned ourselves with this?
97) All policyholders with a stake in the participating with-profits fund will receive a special bonus if they vote for the Aegon deal.
98) They reasoned that, if neither main party won a commanding majority,[http://sentencedict.com/stake.html] both would have a stake in negotiating rather than fighting.
99) Hongkong Land acquired a 14.9% stake in Trafalgar House and then attempted, but failed, to push its holding to 29.9%.
100) The bottom line is, there is no stake in anyone legitimizing campaign financing.
101) Buyers acquire a 50 percent stake in exchange for investing a certain amount of money in the company.
102) Its honor at stake, the Pac-10 could not have selected a better last defense.
103) The 6 million people of Hong Kong have an obvious stake in maintaining their high standard of living.
104) For they suggest that more is at stake in the dispute about holism than the comparatively technical notion of reducibility.
105) His stake will be diluted to 6 percent from 7. 6 percent.
106) How many people prayed at the stake? How foolish I look, kneeling like this..
107) People's lives could be at stake, or at the very least their futures.
108) Lockheed Martin will hold a 20 percent equity stake in Loral Space.
109) It was tense for a few minutes ... but it was the first home game ... and the first win at stake.
110) They were first, as a result, to become concerned with means, explicit or unrecognized, for safeguarding that stake.
111) The pressure is discreet - after all, the survival of a key Western ally and a new democracy is at stake.
112) If Richemont should buy out the Philip Morris stake it would trigger an obligation to bid for the rest of the shares.
113) Male speaker There's a lot of personal pride at stake within the parachuting world because we're on home ground.
114) Morality is often rendered impotent by human selfishness, avarice and wickedness. And few people take morality seriously, or are committed to what is morally right, when personal interests are at stake. Dr T.P.Chia 
115) And, measured by the number of delegates at stake, the next, the pivotal battleground would be New York.
116) But in other ways the colony lagged behind, especially when government expenditure was at stake.
117) The wider issue at stake is the philosophy behind Labor's current problems: the corporatist approach to government.
118) Paula Corbin Jones are as lurid and titillating as the legal issues at stake are important and complex.
119) However, Lockheed Martin will invest $ 344 million for a 20 percent stake in Loral Space.
120) He's a good head lad, Tremayne trusts him, but I wouldn't stake my life on his loyalty.
More similar words: by mistake, take, take out, take up, take on, take off, take for, take to, take care, take away, take down, take time, take over, take place, take after, take apart, take note of, take turns, undertake, take the road, take care of, take charge, take it easy, take the lead, take effect, take part in, take action, take pride in, take notice of, take a chance.