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stake¹

1. one of a number of vertical posts that fit into sockets around a flat truck or railway wagon to hold the load in place

2. a method or the practice of executing a person by binding him to a stake in the centre of a pile of wood that is then set on fire

3. Mormon Church an administrative district consisting of a group of wards under the jurisdiction of a president

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stake²

1. the money or valuables that a player must hazard in order to buy into a gambling game or make a bet

2. the money that a player has available for gambling

3. Horse racing a race in which all owners of competing horses contribute to the prize money

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stake [stāk]

(electricity)

An iron peg used as a power electrode to transfer current into the ground in electrical prospecting.

(engineering)

To fasten back or prop open with a piece of chain or otherwise the valves or clacks of a water barrel in order that the water may run back into the sump when necessary.

A pointed piece of wood driven into the ground to mark a boundary, survey station, or elevation.