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stake noun

  /steɪk/
  • 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.
pieu, piquet, jalon, pal, tuteur
  • (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
pieu
  • A stick or similar object (e.g., steel channel or angle stock) 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; often connected in a grid forming a stakebody.
  • That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
enjeu, mise
  • (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
poteau
  • A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
participation
  • (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.
piquet
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