A stake is a large wooden or metal implement designed to be driven into the ground and may refer to:
Tools
- Archer's stake, a defensive stake carried by medieval longbowmen
- Survey stakes, markers used by surveyors
- Sudis (stake) (Latin for "stake"), a fortification carried by Roman legionaries
- Torture stake, a method of execution similar to crucifixion, tying or nailing the victim to an upright pole in lieu of a cross
- Steel fence post, a kind of stake
- Side stakes used on flatcars etc
Entertainment
- Stake: Fortune Fighters, a 2003 video game
- The Stake, a 1915 silent short film
- "The Stake", a 1977 song by The Steve Miller Band from Book of Dreams
- Stakes (miniseries), a Cartoon Network miniseries, aired as part of the seventh season of Adventure Time
- Stake (band)
People
- Dagnija Staķe (born 1951), Latvian politician
- Robert E. Stake (born 1927), Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Betting and gambling
- Stakes race, a type of horse race
Companies
- Stake (platform), an Australian financial services company
- Stake.com, an online casino
- @stake, a computer services company
Other uses
- Equity (finance) stake, the part of a company or business owned by a shareholder
- Stake (Latter Day Saints), a regional organization in some Latter Day Saint churches
- Hill of Stake, a hill on the boundary between North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Proof of stake
See also
- Staking (manufacturing), a process for connecting two components
- Staker
- Staking (disambiguation)
- Poker staking, financially backing a player
- Steak (disambiguation)
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