Definitions for "stake"
A group of congregations or wards, generally about three thousand to five thousand members in five to ten congregations.
a group of a few thousand members of the Church in a city or neighborhood
a group of local wards, comparable to a diocese or a circuit in some Christian churches
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
a polished iron shape, very firmly mounted, used by silversmiths in the manner of a blacksmith 's anvil
shaped block used as an anvil for sheet metal work
Keywords:  wager, cube, gamble, bet, nominated
The amount of a security either owned (a long position) or owed (a short position)...
That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.
A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.
To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
A short, pointed piece of wood or metal driven into the ground as a marker or an anchor. Often used with wood or metal forms to anchor them into place during concrete placement. See cold-rolled solid steel form pins, form pins, flat stakes, flatwork forms, hot-rolled solid steel form pins, and nail stakes.
To pierce or wound with a stake.
A deadwood pole or post driven into the hedge to hold the pleachers in place.
a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"
a offensive weapon, the tool of the Slayer, of Buffy
An iron stanchion fitted to the side panels of a commercial vehicle to help retain the load.
Any polished cast iron or steel tool placed in a vise and is used for forming and planishing metal over. This tool is generally large enough to be used without a horse.
Keywords:  wicket, backyard, six, peg, nine
the center stake in a six-wicket game, the end stakes in a nine-wicket game.
the most common name for the peg in the middle of the six-wicket court or on either end of the 9-Wicket or Backyard court.
Keywords:  upright, upsett, mortise, cart, basket
A stick inserted upright in a loop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
pieces of the woven mat (base) which are upsett and become the upright elements of the basket.
Keywords:  tick, euro, sterling, wish, financial
The trade size in sterling/ euro/ dollar per tick on any of the financial markets that we offer.
The amount of money that you specify and which you wish to risk per “tick” movement on your chosen financial market.
Keywords:  trophy, horse, purse, race, prize
a race for which the owner must pay a fee to run his horse. Some stakes races are by invitation and require no payment or fee.
The prize money for the winning horses paid to the owner (eg. trophy or prize money).
A race for which an owner must pay an entry fee to run his horse. The fees can be for nominating, maintaining eligibility, entering and starting, and are generally added to the amount put up by the track to make up the total purse
The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire.
To support a plant by driving a wooden post into the ground beside it and tying it to the post.
instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning
Is comprised of 20 or less (AKC=5-point major or less) of a breed in Open or Field Champion. See Split Stake
Composed of a number of courses where hounds compete against one another for championship points.
Keywords:  fenland, mooring, term
A fenland term for mooring.
Keywords:  derby, puppy, contest, dog, shooting
event or contest.
At any field trial event, there may be several ‘stakes' which are separate competitions within the context of the trial. A trial, for example, might run a shooting dog stake, a derby stake, and a puppy stake.
Keywords:  bankroll, see
See bankroll.
Block of wood on which a person condemned to be decapitated placed his or her head
A territorial division; -- called also stake of Zion.
Keywords:  mark, mining, wooden, road, corners
To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
mark with a stake; "stake out the path"
laying out and marking the corners of a mining claim. Originally wooden stakes were used.
A tract of land claimed by a miner.
This could refer to the act of "staking" a legal claim by following the necessary regulations (See Claim), or it could refer to the occasions when a miner had accumulated enough gold to retire, either temporarily or permanently. In the latter case, the miner is said to have "made a stake."
Keywords:  reputation, risk, good
put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this"
Keywords:  choice, your
Your choice
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
Keywords:  instead, metal, object, over, form
an object that you form metal over instead of into
Keywords:  position
same as position
Keywords:  holding, see
see holding.