stake
Example Sentences
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Earlier this month, Ruger said Beretta was seeking to gain control through discounted share purchases and outsize governance rights, after building its stake to nearly 10% and nominating four directors to the board.
“When you step on that beach, the stakes are so much higher,” he explains.
From Los Angeles Times
This would be clean in the sense that it would keep the stadium ownership under the club's umbrella and not dilute their respective stakes in United.
From BBC
Disney invested $1.5 billion in Epic Games for a minority stake in the company.
From Los Angeles Times
On the contrary, they are acting like their lives are at stake.
From Barron's
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