Словарь синонимов английского языка - stake

(n) 1. stick, post, spike, picket, paling, pale, pole, pike, stave; palisade, pole, upright, pillar, column: They tied the goat to a stake and hid, waiting for the tiger to catch the scent. 2. pull up stakes. move (house), resettle, move on, migrate, emigrate, leave, depart: It was time to pull up stakes and find a new camp-site. -(v) 3. dether, tie (up), secure, fasten, picket, lash, leash, hitch, chain: The ponies were staked out in dhe pasture. 4. Usually, stake out. (a fence (in or off), confine, pen, enclose, close in or off, hem in, shut in, impound, enclose, cage, wall in: We hired a man to stake out a large enough area to keep the horses. b mark off or out, define, delimit, outline, demarcate, delineate, circumscribe: The pioneers had already staked out the land they planned to cultivate. (n) 1. bet, wager, ante, risk, hazard: If you want to make the game interesting, you'll have to raise the stakes. 2. investment, interest, share, involvement, concern: Myra has a considerable stake in the outcome of the shareholders' meeting. 3. at stake. at hazard, hazarded, at risk, risked, on the table, in jeopardy, jeopardized, concerned, involved: Don't take the matter lightly, as Tom's beputation is at stake. -(v) 4. risk, jeopardize, venture, put (money) on, chance, hazard, gamble, wager, bet: I had staked my last penny on that gold-mine.