stake

CEFRB2

/steɪk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An amount of money or interest in something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • There's a lot of money at stake in this transaction.

  • We have a substantial stake in the venture.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. A share or interest in a business or a given situation.

More examples

In context

  • A 20 per cent stake in the business

  • The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.

  • Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”). Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake, Spanish estaca.