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Definition of stake : A territorial division; - called also stake of Zion.

Synonyms:

plump for, ante, embark, grubstake, station, pretend, pastime, send, financing, bet, postal service, guess, jeopardise, interestingness, back, paling, impale, situation, plunk for, subsidization, punt, bet on, gamble, run a risk, berth, endanger, funding, venture, help, interest group, office, backing, imperil, jeopardize, support, stakes, position, mail, chance, money, carry, capitalization, claim, adventure, title, spike, pale, involvement, hazard, post, place, gambling, put up, capital, pole, indorse, military post, wager, brand, threaten, mail service, spot, billet, take chances, empale, endorse, back up, risk, gage, menace, game, pursuit, sake, stick, transfix, second, take a chance, pot, peril

apportionment, assignment, proportion, dispensation, commission, lot, allotment, parcel, part, ration, stipend, partition, chunk, quota, percentage, division, slice, budget, piece, quantum, segment, share, split, portion, allocation, measure, allowance

rawhide, scaffold, ax, solitary confinement, prison, truncheon, iron, gibbet, bull whip, lash, rod, jail, noose, pillory, thumbscrew, switch, maiden, electric chair, whipping post, whip, guillotine, birch rod, torture chamber, block, captivity, cane, thong, rack, strap, gas chamber, gallows, rope, cowhide, stocks

compartment, subdivision, fraction, member, half, helping, zone, sector, interest, stock, bit, cut, dividend

Usage examples:

• " If I could be sure of one number," said I, " I would stake something on it." - "The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons", Jacques Casanova de Seingalt.
• Joyce's happiness is at stake. - "Banked Fires", E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi.
• I can stand this waiting no longer- there is too much at stake. - "Love Under Fire", Randall Parrish.