Word For Gambling Stake
- countable businessthe part of a business that you own because you have investedmoney in itstake in:
They took a 40% stake in the company last year.
a majority/minority stake (=more/less than half):Coca-Cola has a majority stake in the company.
majority......- usually singularthe degree to which you are involved in something and want it to succeedhave a stake in (doing) something:
He has a huge stake in making the peaceprocesswork.
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- countable an amount of money that you risklosing when you try to guess the result of a race or competition...
- plural the things that you can gain or lose by taking a risk, for example in business or politicshigh stakes (=a lot that could be won or lost):
With such highstakes, the atmosphere was tense.
raise the stakes (=risk gaining or losing more):The Americans have raised the stakes in a bitterfight over imports.
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- countable a wooden or metalpost with a pointedend that is used for supporting or marking something...
- a thick woodenpole that someone was tied to and burnt in the past as a punishmentbe burnt at the stake:
Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake in 1431.
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- plural used in the names of some horseraces
the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot
...- used for talking about a competition or comparison that seems like a race
Who are the maincontenders in the partyleadershipstakes?
in the popularity/fitness/beauty etc stakes:They’re runningneck and neck in the popularitystakes.
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- Inflections of 'stake' (v): (⇒ conjugate) stakes v 3rd person singular staking v pres p verb, present participle: -ing verb used descriptively or to form progressive verb-for example, 'a singing bird,' 'It is singing.' Staked v past verb, past simple: Past tense-for example, 'He saw the man.' Staked v past p verb, past participle: Verb form used descriptively or to form.
Gambling Stake Crossword Clue
Noun the activity or practice of playing at a game of chance for money or other stakes. The act or practice of risking the loss of something important by taking a chance or acting recklessly: If you don't back up your data, that's gambling.
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This is the British English definition of stake.View American English definition of stake.