Noun

(en noun)

A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.

We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.

* (and other bibliographic particulars),

A sharpened stake strong Dryas found.

# A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.

A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.

(with definite article) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.

Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake .

A share or interest in a business or a given situation.

The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.

That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.

A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.

(Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.

* (and other bibliographic particulars), Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

Every city, or stake, including a chief town and surrounding towns, has its president, with two counselors; and this president has a high council of chosen men.

Noun

That which affects one's welfare or happiness.

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The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.

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, title=The Dust of Conflict, chapter=22 citation , passage=Appleby

A business, firm or enterprise; a company.

* 2001 November 18, " What the Muslim World Is Watching," The New York Times (retrieved 26 July 2014):

Soon after he ascended the throne, an Arabic television joint venture between the BBC and a Saudi concern , Orbit Communications, foundered over the BBC's insistence on editorial independence.

(computing, programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.

* 2006 , Awais Rashid, ?Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II (page 148)

At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern .