stake

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US /steɪk/ See IPA manual

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steak /steɪk/

Freq #3188

Meanings

1

noun
A share or financial interest in a business or situation.

She owns a 20 percent stake in the company.
2

noun
A pointed wooden or metal post driven into the ground as a marker or support.

They marked the corners of the field with wooden stakes.
3

verb
To risk money or something important on the result of something.

He staked his whole savings on the new business.
4

verb
To support or fasten a plant to a stake.

We staked the young tomato plants.

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3 verb · to risk money or something... adventure

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Forms stakedstakesstaking

Derived forms alestakebougar-stakesgrub-stakegrubstakemerestakerestakeridstakestake-driverstakebedstakebodystakebuildingstakeford

From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”). Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake, Spanish estaca.

*(s)teg- (pole) Proto-Indo-European stake Middle English staca Old English *stakō Proto-West Germanic *stakô Proto-Germanic *stog- Proto-Indo-European

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# stake

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /steɪk/
**Frequency rank:** 3188

## Meanings
1. A share or financial interest in a business or situation.
2. A pointed wooden or metal post driven into the ground as a marker or support.
3. To risk money or something important on the result of something.
4. To support or fasten a plant to a stake.

## Examples
- She owns a 20 percent stake in the company.
- They marked the corners of the field with wooden stakes.
- He staked his whole savings on the new business.
- We staked the young tomato plants.

## Derived Forms
- alestake
- bougar-stakes
- grub-stake
- grubstake
- merestake
- restake
- ridstake
- stake-driver
- stakebed
- stakebody
- stakebuilding
- stakeford

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)teg- (pole)
- Root: stake
- Root: staca
- Root: *stakō
- Root: *stakô
- Root: *stog-

## Etymology
From Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”). Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake, Spanish estaca.

## AI Etymology
Stake is from Middle English stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *stog-, *steg- (“stake”). Cognate with Scots stak, staik, Saterland Frisian Stak, West Frisian staak, Dutch staak, Low German Stake, Norwegian stake, Spanish estaca. In present-day use, it can mean a share or financial interest in a business or situation, or a pointed wooden or metal post driven into the ground as a marker or support.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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