stake

stake
stake
A n
1 Games, Turf, fig (amount risked) enjeu m ; to put a stake on miser sur [horse] ; high/low stakes enjeux élevés/faibles ; to play for high stakes lit, fig jouer gros ; to raise the stakes lit augmenter l'enjeu ; fig monter la mise ; to be at stake fig être en jeu ; there is a lot at stake fig ce n'est pas à prendre à la légère ; he has a lot at stake fig il a gros à perdre ; to put sth at stake lit, fig mettre qch en jeu ;
2 (investment) participation f (in dans) ; a large/small stake une forte/faible participation ; to have a 30% stake in avoir une participation de 30% dans [company] ;
3 (pole) (support) pieu m ; (thicker) poteau m ; (marker) piquet m ;
4 Hist (for execution) bûcher m ; to go to the stake monter au bûcher ; to be burnt at the stake être brûlé sur le bûcher.
B stakes npl Turf montant m du prix ; the Diamond Stakes la course des Diamond Stakes ; ‘France top in pay stakes’ fig journ ‘la France en tête dans la compétition salariale’.
C vtr
1 (gamble) miser [money, property] ; risquer [reputation] ; to stake one's all on tout miser sur ; I would stake my life on it j'en mettrais ma tête à couper ;
2 Hort mettre un tuteur à [plant, tree] ;
3 US (back) financer [person].
Idioms
to stake one's claim to fig exposer ses revendications sur ; to (pull) up stakes larguer les amarres .
Phrasal verb
stake out :
stake out [sth], stake [sth] out
1 [police] surveiller [hide-out] ;
2 lit délimiter [qch] avec des pieux [land] ;
3 fig (claim) revendiquer [interest, area of study].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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