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stakes

4 entries found.

Main Entry:
1stake 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 1stake
Pronunciation:
\ˈstāk\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Middle English, from Old English staca; akin to Middle Low German stake pole, and perhaps to Latin tignum beam
Date:
before 12th century
1: a pointed piece of wood or other material driven or to be driven into the ground as a marker or support2 a: a post to which a person is bound for execution by burning b: execution by burning at a stake3 a: something that is staked for gain or loss b: the prize in a contest c: an interest or share in an undertaking or enterprise4: a Mormon territorial jurisdiction comprising a group of wards5: grubstake6: stakes race —usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction
at stake
: at issue : in jeopardy


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