The meaning of STAKE is a pointed piece of wood or other material driven or to be driven into the ground as a marker or support. How to use stake in a sentence.

STAKE definition: 1. a share or a financial involvement in something such as a business: 2. If you have a stake in…. Learn more.

STAKE definition: a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc. See examples of stake used in a sentence.

If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.

To claim, establish, or register as one's own. Often used with out: staked out a mining claim at the office; staked out a place for herself in the library.

A stake is a wooden stick, sharpened on one end and used to mark property lines (or slay a vampire).

• I spent the afternoon staking up our tomato plants. stake something on somebody/something • She didn't want to stake her son's future on one doctor's opinion.

a personal interest or involvement: Parents have a big stake in the decisions made by their children's teachers. Often, stakes. [plural] a prize, reward, etc., in or as if in a contest: The stakes are high in …

Definition of stake noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

A stake is an interest, involvement, or investment in an undertaking or situation, with the risk of loss if it fails, and the expectation of gain if it succeeds.