Stake

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
• Stake, a specialized, polished, anvil-like tool used for metalworking such as planishing
• 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
  • Graded stakes race

Companies

• Stake (platform), an Australian financial services company
• Stake.com, an online casino
• @stake, a computer services company

Other uses

• Equity (finance), the part of a company or business owned by a shareholder, sometimes referred to as stake
• 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)