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as in interest
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something
if I invest in your business, I expect a stake in it in return
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as in to fund
to provide money for
the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money
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Recent Examples of stake
Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
The 94-year-old investor’s holding company raised its holdings in five Japanese trading houses — Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo — by more than 1 percentage point each, to stakes ranging from 8.5% to 9.8%, according to a regulatory filing released Monday.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
That staked Boston to a 74-64 edge at intermission.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The statement adds that Village Roadshow Group has had no strategic, operational control, management oversight, or financial stake in VREG and holds 3% of the company.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
The 94-year-old investor’s holding company raised its holdings in five Japanese trading houses — Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo — by more than 1 percentage point each, to stakes ranging from 8.5% to 9.8%, according to a regulatory filing released Monday.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
The big picture: San Antonio is staking its claim in a trend that first gained traction in Los Angeles last fall with groups like AM.Radio as a response to the decline of club culture.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
That staked Boston to a 74-64 edge at intermission.
—Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stake
Noun
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Back in August, while promoting her horror film The Front Room, Brandy, 46, expressed interest in returning to the slasher franchise.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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According to Murphy, the manosphere is a collection of websites, forums, and content centered on male interests, often with an anti-feminist perspective.—
Samantha Mann,
Parents,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Anne is flipping for Apple and Sony’s big bet on four Beatles movies from director Sam Mendes, starring Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Apr. 2025
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That hasn’t deterred bettors, as FanDuel reports that DeChambeau leads all golfers with the most bets to win the 2025 Masters one week ahead of the tournament.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The fund was given a total of $27 billion dollars to help fund clean energy projects in low-income communities.—
Callie Patteson,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Apr. 2025
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The contracts funded services to help refugees, unaccompanied refugee minors, asylees, and victims of human trafficking and torture.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Liberals currently hold a 4-3 majority, but a retirement this year puts the majority in play.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Mar. 2025
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While there weren’t initial plans for a sequel, $125 million sales on a $15 million budget proved that the story struck a chord with the public and Carolco was quick to put a sequel into production.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While Intel's client business is returning to health, thanks in part to the upcoming 18A process node, Intel keeps losing share in the data center to AMD and has very little to show for its multi-billion-dollar investment in AI accelerators from its Habana Labs acquisition.—
Karl Freund,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Looking at the shares of countries/regions other than Japan on the GLOBAL list, according to Luminate, the U.S. is in first place with 18.4%.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Their wager would be profitable if the Vix were to top 50.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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And a loss of $50 or more in other states will cause five bonus bets as a refund, making each bet 20% of your losing wager.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Black Bear financed the latest shoot-’em-up, which is expected to do between $10M-$12M this weekend.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
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In some cases, Russia is believed to have directly financed the election campaigns of candidates friendly to its interests.—
Josh Holder,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Private bus companies, in the 1950s and 1960s, were fiscal failures and nation wide those services were converted into transit districts that were state and federally subsidized.—
George Pohorilak,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2025
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The unions pushed back on that, arguing that the incentive should be used to keep as many jobs in California as possible, and not to subsidize projects primarily filmed in other states or overseas.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Stake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stake. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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