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What does stake mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word stake? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
    1. (croquet) A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
  2. A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
  3. (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
  4. A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
  5. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
  6. A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
  7. (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
  2. (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.
  3. (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
  4. (transitive) To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
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