0 a share or a financial involvement in something such as a business:
1 the amount of money that you risk on the result of something such as a game or competition:
She spent two weeks in Las Vegas playing high-stakes blackjack at the casinos.
The team is playing for enormous stakes - the chance to play in the final.
The prime minister is not very high in the popularity stakes (= he is not very popular) at the moment.
The stowaways are trying to raise the stakes by refusing to eat until they are given money and aid.
4 to hold up and support something by fastening it to stakes:
Tomato plants should be staked.
5 a share in something, esp. a financial share in a business, or an emotional investment in something:
6 the amount of money that you risk on the result of a game or competition:
7 a thick, strong, pointed wood or metal pole pushed into the ground and used to mark a spot or to support something:
8 to risk harming or losing something important:
He has talent and ambition, and I’d stake my reputation on his success.
9 to fasten something to a stake:
10 the amount that someone has invested in a company, often expressed as a percentage of the total share capital (= money invested in a business in the form of shares):
11 if you have a stake in something, its success or failure will have an effect on you:
12 the amount of money you risk losing by guessing the result of something wrongly:
13 if something like money, a job, or someone's reputation is at stake, it is in danger of being lost because of a particular situation:
The company's reputation is at stake and they need to act quickly and decisively.
14 to state that you have a right to something and that it should belong to you:
With a 50 percent stake in the company, it must be tempting to cash it in.
He left his wife and family a 38 percent stake in the largest store group in the world.
I gamble occasionally, but only for small stakes.
What are the stakes?
This is not to suggest that there were no philosophical issues at stake.
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