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staking

verb

Meaning

  1. To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
  2. To pierce or wound with a stake.
  3. To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
  4. To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
  5. An act of stabbing with a stake.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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