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[Noun] | "stake" | \ ˈstāk \

1: a pointed piece of wood or other material driven or to be driven into the ground as a marker or support

2: a post to which a person is bound for execution by burning

3: execution by burning at a stake

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English, from Old English staca; akin to Middle Low German stake pole, and perhaps to Latin tignum beam;

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[Noun] | "stakes race"

1: a horse race in which the prize offered is made up at least in part of money (such as entry fees) put up by the owners of the horses entered —called also stake race

Origin: 1895 ;

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[Noun] | "sweep*stakes" | \ ˈswēp-ˌstāks \

1: a race or contest in which the entire prize may be awarded to the winner; specifically : stakes race

2: contest, competition

3: any of various lotteries

Origin: 1774 ;

Middle English swepestake one who wins all the stakes in a game, from swepen to sweep + stake;

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[Verb] | "stake"

1: to mark the limits of by or as if by stakes

2: to tether to a stake

3: bet, wager

Origin: 14th century ;

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[Verb] | "stake out"

1: to assign (someone, such as a police officer) to an area usually to conduct a surveillance

2: to maintain a stakeout of

3: to claim as one's own

Origin: 1951 ;

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[Phrase] | "pull stakes"

1: to move out : leave

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[Phrase] | "stake a claim"

1: to assert a title or right to something by or as if by placing stakes usually to satisfy a legal requirement —often used figuratively

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[Noun] | "stakes"

1: a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something;

* e.g., " ... if I invest in your business, I expect a stake in it in return "

Synonyms :
claims,
interests,
shares

Antonyms :
(N/A)

2: the money or thing risked on the outcome of an uncertain event;

* e.g., " ... lost his entire stake with a single roll of the dice "

Synonyms :
bets,
wagers

Antonyms :
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[Noun] | "stake"

1: a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something;

* e.g., " ... if I invest in your business, I expect a stake in it in return "

Synonyms :
claim,
interest,
share

Antonyms :
(N/A)

2: the money or thing risked on the outcome of an uncertain event;

* e.g., " ... lost his entire stake with a single roll of the dice "

Synonyms :
bet,
wager

Antonyms :
(N/A)

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[Verb] | "stakes"

1: to provide money for;

* e.g., " ... the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money "

Antonyms :
defunds

2: to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event;

* e.g., " ... I'd stake a year's salary that she'll win the general election "

Antonyms :
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[Verb] | "stake"

1: to provide money for;

* e.g., " ... the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money "

Antonyms :
defund

2: to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event;

* e.g., " ... I'd stake a year's salary that she'll win the general election "

Synonyms :
bet,
gamble,
go,
lay,
play,
put,
wager

Antonyms :
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[Phrase] | "pull stakes"

1: to leave a place often for another;

* e.g., " ... Once the job was done it was time to pull stakes. "

Antonyms :
arrive,
come,
show up,
turn up

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[Phrase] | "pulled stakes"

1: to leave a place often for another;

* e.g., " ... Once the job was done it was time to pull stakes. "

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[Phrase] | "pulls stakes"

1: to leave a place often for another;

* e.g., " ... Once the job was done it was time to pull stakes. "

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[Phrase] | "pulling stakes"

1: to leave a place often for another;

* e.g., " ... Once the job was done it was time to pull stakes. "

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