stake
Example Sentences
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Santa Anita has stakes races every weekend, but all weekends — or even days — are not created equal.
From Los Angeles Times
When large amounts of money are at stake, cases tend to garner more attention due to media coverage during the criminal trial and subsequent inheritance litigation.
From Salon
Shares of the sportswear retailer jumped Wednesday after the company disclosed that Cook, the lead independent director on its board, nearly doubled his personal stake by buying $2.9 million of its stock.
More private-equity managers plan to sell minority stakes in the coming years, as the industry’s ongoing downturn drives firms to seek outside investment.
The stakes for losing cattle are unusually high.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
