stake

intérêt

Intérêt que l’on porte à quelque chose parce que son résultat peut nous toucher personnellement.

En anglais simple : A personal interest in something because its result can affect you.

• We all have a stake in this decision.
• She has a personal stake in the project.
• Local families had a stake in protecting the river.

Comment l'utiliser : have a stake in something (Parents have a stake in the future of the school.)

Synonymes : interest

Expressions courantes : have a stake, stake in something, personal stake

piquet

Pièce pointue en bois ou en métal enfoncée dans le sol pour soutenir ou marquer quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A pointed piece of wood or metal pushed into the ground to support or mark something.

• Hammer the stake into the ground.
• We tied the tent ropes to metal stakes.
• A wooden stake marks the edge of the garden.

Synonymes : post, peg

Expressions courantes : wooden stake, tent stake, drive a stake

participation, part

Part que l’on possède dans une entreprise ou une autre activité.

En anglais simple : A share of ownership in a business or other activity.

• He owns a small stake in the business.
• The bank sold its stake in the company.
• They purchased a majority stake last year.

Comment l'utiliser : stake in something (She bought a stake in the company.)

Synonymes : share, holding, interest

Expressions courantes : stake in something, majority stake, minority stake, buy a stake

bûcher

Poteau en bois auquel on attachait une personne pour la brûler en guise de châtiment.

En anglais simple : A wooden post to which someone was tied and burned as a punishment.

• The prisoner was tied to the stake.
• They threatened to burn her at the stake.
• The museum describes executions at the stake.

Expressions courantes : at the stake, burn at the stake

tuteurer, fixer avec des piquets

Soutenir, fixer ou marquer les limites de quelque chose avec des piquets enfoncés dans le sol.

En anglais simple : To support, secure, or mark the edges of something using pointed posts in the ground.

• We need to stake these plants.
• She staked the young trees after planting them.
• The surveyor staked the boundary of the field.

Expressions courantes : stake tomato plants, stake a tent, stake a boundary

financer

Donner de l’argent à quelqu’un pour jouer ou démarrer une activité commerciale.

En anglais simple : To give someone money so they can gamble or start a business activity.

• His friend staked him for the game.
• She staked her brother to his first business.
• Could you stake me to another hundred dollars?

Comment l'utiliser : stake someone to something (Her uncle staked her to the money for her first shop.)

Synonymes : fund, back, finance

Expressions courantes : stake someone, stake someone to something

empaler, transpercer avec un pieu

Enfoncer une pièce pointue en bois ou en métal dans quelque chose, notamment pour blesser ou tuer.

En anglais simple : To push a pointed piece of wood or metal into something, especially to injure or kill.

• The hero staked the vampire.
• She tried to stake the creature through its heart.
• The hunter carried wood to stake the monster.

Synonymes : impale

Expressions courantes : stake a vampire, stake through something