STAKE

[verb] [T]At the roulette table, he staked $10 000 on number 21. [T]The company was taking a huge gamble by staking (= risking) its future on expensive new technology. [T]She'll be head of this company in five year's time - I'd stake (= risk) my reputation on it. [T](US) If you stake someone to something, you provide them with it or with what they need to obtain it.The governor has promised to stake the city's homeless to what they need for a fresh start.George Bush's father staked him to a start in the oil business by providing him with several oil wells.