stake 1

noundomain: possession

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something

Examples

1.they have interests all over the world
2.a stake in the company's future

Synonyms

interest 5
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something

Hyponym

grubstake 1

noun

funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits

controlling interest 1

noun

ownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares

insurable interest 1

noun

an interest in a person or thing that will support the issuance of an insurance policy; an interest in the survival of the insured or in the preservation of the thing that is insured

vested interest 1

noun

(law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another

security interest 1

noun

any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation

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law 1

noun

the collection of rules imposed by authority