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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181) At stake were 180 parliamentary and 455 state assembly seats.
182) Yet, if one really considers it, what is at stake is of immense importance, and can not be ignored.
183) When I opened my eyes, I looked out to the stake and saw his ball fall right near it again.
184) The last thing I want is to impale this dancing, living creature upon the stake of meaning.
185) What is at stake is whether conurbations like Merseyside and Tyne side face a future as grim as the present Belfast.
186) Plainly national security can not have been at stake since that had already been damaged.
187) Millions of pounds are at stake and one side is certain to receive a bloody nose.
188) As part of labor concession agreements with other airlines[Sentencedict], the Airline Pilots Association has sought an equity stake in USAir.
189) No major EC country has ever been refused what it wanted when it declared that a vital national interest was at stake.
190) News that an investor has bought a significant stake in any company is likely to lift that company's share price.
191) Joan of Arc was condemned as a heretic and burned at the stake.
192) Jaguar plunged 46p to 685p as General Motors confirmed it is in talks that could result in it taking a minority stake.
193) The significance of the South Carolina primary extends far beyond the 37 delegates at stake Saturday.
194) This visit is only to get a look inside, to stake out the room for future reference.
195) Rockefeller would retain its 50 percent equity stake in Embarcadero Center.
196) The money at stake, however, comes from the federal government and must be approved by the board.
197) Firm soil around roots and stake standard-trained plants using a bamboo cane.
198) Sandoz spent $ 400 million in 1992 for a 50 percent stake in SyStemix Inc., a Palo Alto biotech firm.
199) This will give Anglia a major stake in a top Hollywood television production company.
200) There was simply too much at stake to leave things to chance.
201) Its heroes are household names and millions of pounds are at stake when it is staged.
202) Apple liked the idea so much that they invested a 20% stake in Adobe making themselves the largest customer.
203) They are a gamble and your stake is the interest you would earn on the cash.
204) He acquired a stake in a small lighting business which bought candles from the Wandsworth factory.
205) In fact poor people have more at stake in preserving the resources they depend on.
206) But most of all she won because she understood what was finally at stake in feminism.
207) Now a definitive agreement has been signed, with each founding partner taking an equal stake in the new venture.
208) It was then that I became fully aware of how your personality is really at stake.
209) South Dakota and North Dakota hold primaries the same day, with a combined total of 36 delegates at stake.
210) In 1985, it was floated on the stock market to a rapturous City which valued the family stake at ￡292 million.
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.