Staking

verb

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.

"to stake vines or plants"

2.verbTo pierce or wound with a stake.

3.verbTo put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.

4.verbTo provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.

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

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