stake
C1Frequent NGSL-3UK /steɪk/US /steɪk/
Meaning
noun
money that somebody invests in a company
“a 20 per cent stake in the business”
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“And so a mistake, there aren't lives at stake.”
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“hack then we lose so much more than data we lose the freedom to be human think about what's at stake everything you write everything you say every topic of curiosity every”
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