stake

substantiivi

  1. pystytetty puu tai metallipaalua, jota käytetään tukena tai rajaamaan jotakin.

    He laittoivat puutikun maahan merkitäkseen leirin rajan.

Synonyymisanakirja

stake

  1. tolppa, pylväs, paalu, vaarna, osa, osuus, erä, palkkio, prosenttiosuus, osakkuus, sijoitus, määräysvallan tuova omistusosuus.

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Mitä tarkoittaa

Stake tarkoittaa yleensä pystyssä olevaa tukea, kuten puutikkua tai metallista paalua, jota käytetään eri tarkoituksiin, kuten rakenteiden tukemiseen tai alueiden merkitsemiseen. Se voi tarkoittaa myös jotakin, jonka puolesta taistellaan tai johon investoidaan, kuten taloudellista tai poliittista panosta. Esimerkiksi pelimaailmassa 'stake' viittaa panokseen tai riskinottoon, kun taas sosiaalisessa kontekstissa se voi liittyä yhteiskunnallisiin intresseihin tai omistusoikeuksiin.

Käännökset

englanti

riskeerata

kiinnittää

paalu, vaarna

sijoitus A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.

We have surveyors stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.''

(rfdate), w:Dryden. Dryden
A sharpened stake strong Dryas found.
puhekieltä A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from fall off|falling off.
(qualifier) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.

Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.

A share or interest in a business or a given situation.

The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.

That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.
puhekieltä A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
(rfdate), Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
Every city, or stake, including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men.
puhekieltä To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.

to stake vines or plants.

puhekieltä To pierce or wound with a stake.
1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner
You see, I'd made a bargain with him to buy the horse for a hundred and twenty—a swinging price, but I always liked the horse. And what does he do but go and stake him—fly at a hedge with stakes in it, atop of a bank with a ditch before it.
puhekieltä To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
(rfdate), (w)
I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
puhekieltä To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.

''John went broke, so to keep him playing, Jill had to stake him.

His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.

(nl-verb form of)
(short for ljusstake) candlestick
puhekieltä erection
puhekieltä erect penis
puhekieltä guts, spine; courage, assertiveness

Slangisanakirja

  • esiintymislava : Mä roudaan nää kamat stakelle.

Riimisanakirja

stake rimmaa näiden kanssa:

vastake, kojevastake, listake

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