1. stake
I felt that my honor was at stake.
We have a substantial stake in the venture.
But I would stake my life the Lannisters are involved.
Commoners had no stake or interest in the constant fighting between nobles.
Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency food does not arrive there within a few days.
The future of our company is at stake. We have been heavily in the red for the last couple of years.
When an average person sends a message in a bottle, it's just a childish fantasy. When Christopher Columbus sends a message in a bottle, the fate of an entire country is at stake.
She spent two weeks in Las Vegas playing high stake.
a strong stick or metal bar with a pointed end. I shall drive a stake through her body.
Do you want us to stake our lives on that?
The stake was already very high, and yet Timothy doubled it.
a share or a financial involvement in something such as a business; Employers have a stake in the training of their staff.
Some bad ideas (...) staked through the heart and dowsed in garlic...
Tall plants can be secured by tying them to stakes.