Used attributively before another noun (e.g., "stake money", "stake race") to qualify it as involving money risked or invested.
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Attributive: relating to money risked, invested, or competed for. The jockey entered a stake race with a sizeable purse.
Used attributively before nouns (e.g., stake fence, stake money) to denote relation to posts, gambling risk, or reinforcement with stakes.
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Relating to or equipped with stakes; involving or intended for gambling stakes or high risk. They built a stake fence around the garden to keep the animals out.