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noun

ˈstāk How to pronounce stake (audio)
Definition of stakenext
1
as in interest
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something if I invest in your business, I expect a stake in it in return

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2
as in bet
the money or thing risked on the outcome of an uncertain event lost his entire stake with a single roll of the dice

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stake

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verb

1
as in to fund
to provide money for the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money

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2
as in to bet
to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event I'd stake a year's salary that she'll win the general election

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Recent Examples of stake
Noun
The Pentagon took a stake in an obscure oil company, North American Blue Energy Partners, or NABEP, that is supposed to develop Venezuelan oil reserves. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026 Too often, the companies responsible are not held to account, while the people affected have little or no access to remedy, and a fractional stake in the value their work creates. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
Arpaio staked patrol cars outside a Latina judge’s Paradise Valley home to see if the workers putting a new roof on her house were undocumented. — Michael Kiefer, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026 And the table stakes for what a seller needs to provide in 2026 versus 2016 is quite different, obviously. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stake
  1. interest
  2. bet
  3. fund
  4. put
  5. share
  6. wager
  7. finance
  8. subsidize
Noun
  • Most of Polson's papers focus on advanced statistics and mathematics, though some touch on topics of broader interest.
    — TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Viper Energy Viper Energy (VNOM) is a subsidiary of Diamondback and owns and acquires mineral and royalty interests, primarily in the Permian Basin.
    — TipRanks.com Staff, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of interest
Noun
  • Nuera’s big bet is that combining Gozen’s biofabrication technology with Desa’s 50-plus years of manufacturing expertise can help bridge that gap.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Marvell's takeover marks one of the most significant bets on AI in 2026 and comes despite recent concerns over the long-term sustainability of infrastructure spending.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of bet
Verb
  • And expect a fight over whether to reauthorize user fees that fund roughly half the FDA — legislation that pharma considers must-pass and that Sanders has opposed for decades.
    — David Lim, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the money will help Ukraine fund essential spending on defense and public services.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of fund
Verb
  • Far-right President Javier Milei's sweeping austerity measures, which have pushed millions of Argentines into poverty, could put him at odds with Leo, who has long championed the poor.
    — Carrie Kahn, NPR, 7 Nov. 2026
  • To put that into context, a typical conventional lithium-ion cell has an energy density of around 200–300 Wh/kg.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of put
Noun
  • The anti-immigration Rassemblement National party has increased its share of seats in parliament, and its leader, Marine Le Pen, is the favorite for the Presidential election next year.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
  • If representation matched their share of the city’s working age population, those agencies would employ approximately 5,300 more Latino workers, a 30% increase.
    — Aldrin Rafael Bonilla, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of share
Noun
  • Place your first real-money wager of up to $1,500 on any college football game.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • But other courts that ruled against Kalshi found that at least some kinds of wagers on the prediction market are not swaps and that US law allows regulation of prediction markets by both state and federal governments.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of wager
Verb
  • Students and faculty shouldn’t have to finance years of litigation to enjoy the expressive freedoms their universities promise.
    — Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Together, those businesses span much of a card’s commercial journey — grading, pricing, storage, sales and even financing against collectibles.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of finance
Verb
  • To buy their votes for the constitutional amendment (which needs 60% approval statewide), Tallahassee will use state tax dollars to subsidize those rural counties.
    — Steve Geller, Sun Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
  • As the government subsidizes these sectors, the price of goods and services rises.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
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