stake

Found in thesaurus: part, portion, share, percentage, visual signal, instrument of execution, gamble, put on the line, lay on the line, risk, bet, wager, play, mark, fix, secure, fasten, kill

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stake

v. risk, gamble; finance, underwrite; mark off a boundary using stakes; tie to a stake

n. post that is sharpened at one end for driving into the ground; post to which a person who is sentenced to death by burning is tied; execution by burning; wager, bet; investment, share

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Stake

Stake may refer to:

Entertainment

, a 2003 video game
The Stake, a 1915 silent short film
"The Stake", a 1977 song by The Steve Miller Band from Book of Dreams
"Stakes", an Cartoon Network miniseries, aired as part of the seventh season of Adventure Time

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stake

ATstake, Inc. was a computer security professional services company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1999 by Battery Ventures (Tom Crotty, Sunil Dhaliwal, and Scott Tobin) and Ted Julian. Its initial core team of technologists included Dan Geer (Chief Technical Officer) and the east coast security team from Cambridge Technology Partners (including Dave Goldsmith). In January 2000, @stake acquired L0pht Heavy Industries (who were known for their many hacker employees), bringing on Mudge as its Vice President of Research and Development. Its domain name was atstake.com. In July 2000, @stake acquired Cerberus Information Security Limited of London, England, from David and Mark Litchfield and Robert Stein-Rostaing, to be their launchpad into Europe, the Middle East and Africa. @stake was subsequently acquired by Symantec in 2004.

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stake

Noun
1. (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
(synonym) interest
(hypernym) share, portion, part, percentage
(hyponym) grubstake
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
(synonym) post
(hypernym) visual signal
(hyponym) starting post
3. instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
(hypernym) instrument of execution
(derivation) impale
4. the money risked on a gamble
(synonym) stakes, bet, wager
(hypernym) gamble
(hyponym) pot, jackpot, kitty
(part-holonym) pool
(derivation) bet on, back, gage, game, punt

Verb
1. put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
(synonym) venture, hazard, adventure, jeopardize
(hypernym) risk, put on the line, lay on the line
(derivation) stakes, bet, wager
2. place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
(synonym) bet on, back, gage, game, punt
(hypernym) bet, wager, play
(hyponym) ante
(derivation) stakes, bet, wager
3. mark with a stake; "stake out the path"
(synonym) post
(hypernym) mark
(derivation) post
4. tie or fasten to a stake; "stake your goat"
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(derivation) post
5. kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"
(synonym) impale
(hypernym) kill
(entail) pierce

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Stake (die)

nf. pole, rod, staff

staken

v. pole, move a boat by using pole, punt, stalk

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stake

v. dát co v sázku; uplatnit vlastnický nárok na co; vyznačit/vymezit pozemek; vysvětlit/vymezit co; sledovat co

n. kůl; kolík; podíl; sázka;