stake¹ /stāk/

1. A stick or pole pointed at one end
2. A post
3. A post to which someone condemned to be burned was tied (historical)
4. Hence, death or martyrdom by burning
5. A tinsmith's anvil
6. An administrative division of the Mormon Church

1. To fasten to or with, to protect, shut, support, furnish, pierce, with a stake or stakes
2. To mark the bounds of with stakes (often with off or out)

stake boat noun

A boat anchored as a marker for a boat race, or to which other boats may be moored

stake net noun

A net hung on stakes

stake a claim

(for or to) to assert one's right to or desire to possess

stake out (informal)

To place (a person, etc) under surveillance (stakeˈ-out noun)

stake² /stāk/

1. To deposit as a wager
2. To risk, hazard
3. To furnish, supply, fit out, whether free or in expectation of return (with with or to; orig US)

1. Anything pledged as a wager
2. A prize
3. Anything to gain or lose
4. An interest, concern
5. The condition of being at hazard
6. A grubstake
7. (in pl) a race for money staked or contributed (also figurative)

stakeˈholder noun

1. Someone who holds the stake in a bet
2. Someone with an interest or concern in a business or enterprise

stakeholder economy or stakeholder society noun

An economy or society in which all individuals are regarded as having an interest and as wishing to contribute to its success

stakeholder pension noun

A type of pension arranged as part of a private scheme complying to certain requirements established by the government

at stake

1. Hazarded
2. In danger
3. At issue

• withershins
• wither-wrung
• withes
• with flying colours
• with foal
• with good grace
• withhault
• withheld
• withhold
• withholden
• withholder
• withholders
• withholding
• withholding tax
• withholding taxes
• withholdment
• withholdments
• withholds
• withier
• withies
• withiest
• within
• within an ace of
• within an inch of
• within an inch of someone's life