stakes

See also: Stakes

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /steɪks/
• Rhymes: -eɪks

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: steaks

Noun

stakes

1. plural of stake

Noun

stakes pl (plural only)

1. The money wagered in gambling
2. Risks
   • 1964 September 7, Lyndon B. Johnson, 0:43 from the start, in "Daisy" Ad (1964): Preserved from 35mm in the Tony Schwartz Collection‎^[1], National Archives and Records Administration, archived from the original on 05 May 2018:

     These are the stakes: to make a world in which all of God's children can live or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die.
     Vote for President Johnson on November 3rd. The stakes are too high for you to stay home.

   • 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph‎^[2]:

     Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.

   • 2023 December 28, Shenna Bellows, “Ruling of the Secretary of State”, in State of Maine Secretary of State‎^[3], archived from the original on 29 December 2023, pages 5-6:

     I have reviewed the exhibits submitted in this case. I also have carefully considered the arguments proffered by the parties. I take my role in this proceeding extremely seriously, given both the stakes and the novel constitutional questions at issue. For the reasons that follow, I conclude that Mr. Trump's primary petition is invalid.

Derived terms

• chicken stakes
• high-stakes
• pull up stakes
• raise the stakes
• table stakes

 

Translations

wager — see wager

risk — see risk

Verb

stakes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stake

Anagrams

• Keasts, Skates, Skeats, askest, skates, steaks

Middle English

Noun

stakes

1. plural of stake

Swedish

Noun

stakes

1. indefinite genitive singular of stake

Anagrams

• stekas