Definition of stake

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Stake (v. t.) 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..

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Lotto :: Lotto (n.) A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted for the dealer. A variety of lotto is called keno..
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take or choose wrongly.
Derby :: Derby (n.) A race for three-old horses, run annually at Epsom (near London), for the Derby stakes. It was instituted by the 12th Earl of Derby, in 1780..
Mistakenness :: Mistakenness (n.) Erroneousness.
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..
Mischarge :: Mischarge (n.) A mistake in charging.
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
All :: All (n.) The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake..
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge..
Paxillose :: Paxillose (a.) Resembling a little stake.
Misinterpretation :: Misinterpretation (n.) The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..
Land :: Land (v. t.) To set down after conveying; to cause to fall, alight, or reach; to bring to the end of a course; as, he landed the quoit near the stake; to be thrown from a horse and landed in the mud; to land one in difficulties or mistakes..
Bet :: Bet (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager..
Infallible :: Infallible (a.) Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable.
Accuracy :: Accuracy (n.) The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy..
Play :: Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..
Detect :: Detect (v. t.) To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account..
Impone :: Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
Erratum :: Erratum (n.) An error or mistake in writing or printing.
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