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stakes

nounnounverbcommon in dialogue

  • //steɪks//

The money wagered in gambling

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of stakeplural of stake

noun

  1. 1

    The money wagered in gambling

  2. 2

    Risks

    These are the stakes: to make a world in which all of God's children can live or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die. Vote for President Johnson on November 3rd. The stakes are too high for you to stay home.

    Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.

    I have reviewed the exhibits submitted in this case. I also have carefully considered the arguments proffered by the parties. I take my role in this proceeding extremely seriously, given both the stakes and the novel constitutional questions at issue. For the reasons that follow, I conclude that Mr. Trump's primary petition is invalid.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of stakethird-person singular simple present indicative of stake

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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