(~s, staking, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If something is at ~, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.
The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at ~...
At ~ is the success or failure of world trade talks...
PHRASE
2.
The ~s involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.
By arresting the organisation’s two top leaders the government and the army have now raised the ~s...
N-PLURAL: oft supp N
3.
If you ~ something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.
He has ~d his political future on an election victory...
VERB: V n on n
4.
If you have a ~ in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.
He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial ~ in his own efforts...
N-COUNT: N in n
5.
You can use ~s to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership ~s.
Britain lags behind in the European childcare ~s.
N-PLURAL: the supp N
6.
A ~ is a pointed wooden post which is pushed into the ground, for example in order to support a young tree.
= post
N-COUNT
7.
If you ~ a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
Jane is determined to ~ her claim as an actress...
PHRASE: V inflects