stake_1 noun – Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com
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[countable]
money that somebody invests in a company
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a 20 per cent stake in the business
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a
controlling/majority/minority stake
Extra Examples
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IBM will take an 18 per cent ownership stake in the new company.
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She acquired a 4 per cent direct stake in the company.
Topics
Business
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- controlling
- large
- majority
- …
verb + stake
- have
- own
- acquire
- …
preposition
- stake in
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[singular]
stake in something
a part or share in a business, plan, etc. that will bring you money or other benefits if it succeeds
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She has a personal stake in the success of the play.
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Many young people no longer feel they have a stake in society.
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He has a personal stake in the outcome of the war.
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[countable]
something that you risk losing, especially money, when you try to predict the result of a race, game, etc., or when you are involved in an activity that can succeed or fail
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How much was the stake
(= how much did you bet)
?
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They were playing cards for
high stakes
(= a lot of money)
.
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With only two points separating the top five players,
the stakes are high
as they enter the final round.
Wordfinder
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bet
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casino
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chip
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croupier
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gambling
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lottery
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odds
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roulette
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stake
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streak
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They always play for high stakes.
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The political stakes are high.
Topics
Sports: other sports
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Money
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- high
- low
- …
verb + stake
- play for
- raise
- lower
- …
preposition
- at stake
phrases
- with so much at stake
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[countable]
a wooden or metal post that is pointed at one end and pushed into the ground in order to support something, mark a particular place, etc.
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Tall plants can be secured by tying them to stakes.
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He was hammering stakes into the ground.
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The plants are supported with stout stakes.
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The route was marked with stakes with red stripes painted on them.
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the stake
[singular]
a wooden post that somebody could be tied to in former times before being burnt to death
(= killed by fire)
as a punishment
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Joan of Arc was
burnt at the stake
.
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stakes
[plural]
the money that is paid to the winners in horse racing
Topics
Sports: other sports
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stakes
[uncountable]
used in the names of some horse races
Topics
Sports: other sports
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Word Origin
noun
senses 1 to 2 Old English
staca
, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch
staak
, also to the verb
stick
.
noun
senses 3 to 6 late Middle English: perhaps a specialized usage of
stake
‘post’ from the notion of an object being placed as a wager on a post or stake.
