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stake
noun [C] (SHARE) /steɪk/Definition
› a share in something, esp. a financial share in a business, or an emotional investment in something: He holds a 20% stake in the company. Parents have a large stake in their children’s education. › In an activity or competition, the stakes are the costs or risks involved in competing: Global competition has raised the stakes of doing business.
(Definition of stake noun (SHARE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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