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If you have a s____ in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.He enjoyed an entrepreneurial role where he had a big financial stake in his own efforts. nounThe stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost .The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups.By arresting the organisation's leaders the government has raised the stakes.For the president the political stakes could hardly have been higher.If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.He enjoyed an entrepreneurial role where he had a big financial stake in his own efforts.You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes .She won hands down in the glamour stakes.A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree .verbIf you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.He has staked his political future on an election victory.He has staked his reputation on the outcome. C1

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stake stakesstakingstaked

query	If you have a s____ in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you. He enjoyed an entrepreneurial role where he had a big financial stake in his own efforts.
word	stake
full-definition	noun The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost . The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups. By arresting the organisation's leaders the government has raised the stakes. For the president the political stakes could hardly have been higher. If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you. He enjoyed an entrepreneurial role where he had a big financial stake in his own efforts. You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes . She won hands down in the glamour stakes. A stake is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree . verb If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it. He has staked his political future on an election victory. He has staked his reputation on the outcome.
inflections	stakesstakingstaked
cefr-level	C1

Stake Business Matters Part Success Failure Affect Reputation