Lexic.us

Definition of Stakes

1. Noun. The money risked on a gamble.

Definition of Stakes

1. Noun. (plural of stake) ¹

2. Noun. ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of stake) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stakes

1. stake [v] - See also: stake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stakes

Literary usage of Stakes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
""(18) These stakes for the nets originally began about 100 yards from the ... There were two stakes between the shore end of said net stakes and the shore ..."

2. Railroad Curves and Earthwork by Calvin Frank Allen (1920)
"There are two important parts of the work of setting slope stakes : I. ... The data for setting the stakes are : (a) The ground with center stakes set at ..."

3. Plane Surveying: A Text-book and Pocket Manual by John Clayton Tracy (1907)
"If the tops of three or more stakes should be on the same line, and any one error will be apparent to the eye in sighting across the tops of the stakes. of ..."

4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1831)
"Tlie Albany stakes, the Swinley stakes, llie Windsor Forest stakes, March 1. ... The Gold Tureen, May 1, The Somersetshire stakes : to he divided into two ..."

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