Tra từ stake - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

stake [stake stakes staked staking] noun, verb BrE [steɪk] NAmE [steɪk]
noun
1. countable a wooden or metal post that is pointed at one end and pushed into the ground in order to support sth, mark a particular place, etc
•Tall plants can be secured by tying them to stakes.
2. the stakesingular a wooden post that sb could be tied to in former times before being burnt to death (= killed by fire) as a punishment
•Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake.
3. countable money that sb invests in a company
•a 20% stake in the business
•a controlling/majority/minority stake
4. singular ~ in sth an important part or share in a business, plan, etc. that is important to you and that you want to be successful
•She has a personal stake in the success of the play.
•Many young people no longer feel they have a stake in society.
5. 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
•How much was the stake (= how much did you bet)?
•They were playing cards for high stakes (= a lot of money).
•With only two points separating the top five players, the stakes are high as they enter the final round.
6. stakesplural the money that is paid to the winners in horse racing
7. stakesuncountable used in the names of some horse races
more at pull up stakes at ↑up _v.

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and v. sense 2 Old English staca West Germanic Dutch staak ↑stickn. senses 3 to 6 and v. sense 1 late Middle English ↑stake ‘post’

Example Bank:
•He has a personal stake in the outcome of the war.
•He will face the investigation with his reputation at stake.
•IBM will take an 18% ownership stake in the new company.
•She acquired a 4% direct stake in the company.
•She acquired a four per cent direct stake in the business.
•She was determined to win in the fashion stakes.
•The political stakes are high.
•They always play for high stakes.
•With so much at stake, we can't afford to make mistakes.
•He was hammering stakes into the ground.
•The plants are supported with stout stakes.
•The route was marked with stakes with red stripes painted on them.
Idioms: ↑at stake ▪ ↑go to the stake for something ▪ ↑in the … stakes ▪ ↑stake a claim
Derived: ↑stake something out

verb
1. ~ sth (on sth) to risk money or sth important on the result of sth
Syn: ↑bet
•He staked £25 on the favourite (= for example, in horse racing).
•She staked her political career on tax reform, and lost.
•That's him over there— I'd stake my life on it (= I am completely confident).
2. ~ sth (up) to support sth with a ↑stake (¹)
•to stake newly planted trees
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Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and v. sense 2 Old English staca West Germanic Dutch staak ↑stickn. senses 3 to 6 and v. sense 1 late Middle English ↑stake ‘post’

Example Bank:
•The young trees should be staked after planting.