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
 * 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, the amount one buys in for while 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) 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