# stakes

Pronunciation: say "STAYKS" /steɪks/

## Noun

1. The risks involved in a situation: what stands to be won or lost by the outcome.
   - Simple: The things you could win or lose in a situation.
   - _Because so many jobs depended on the decision, the stakes were enormous._
   - _Every late goal raised the stakes for both teams._
2. The money risked or bet on the outcome of a game, race, or other wager.
   - Simple: The money you bet when gambling.
   - _The two friends agreed to double their stakes for the last round of poker._
   - _She gathered her stakes from the felt after winning the pot._
3. Plural of stake. — plural of stake
   - Simple: Plural of stake. Use this form when talking about more than one stake.
   - _Surveyors marked each corner of the plot with iron stakes._
   - _Several investors increased their stakes in the company last quarter._

## Verb

4. Third-person singular simple present indicative of stake. — third-person singular simple present indicative of stake
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of stake. Use it after he, she, or it.
   - _The gambler stakes a week's wages on a single throw of the dice._
   - _Each candidate stakes a claim to the disputed border region._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/stakes (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).