单词 | to have a stake in the country |
释义 | > as lemmasto have a stake in the country c. figurative. to have a stake in (an event, a concern, etc.): to have something to gain or lose by the turn of events, to have an interest in; esp. in to have a stake in the country (said of those who hold landed property). Hence spec., a shareholding (in a company). ΘΚΠ society > law > legal concepts > appertain to as right or duty [verb (transitive)] > have an interest in to have a stake in1791 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > held holding1573 interest1674 equity1889 net worth1930 to have a stake in1955 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 480 [A. Dick:] With my most affectionate wishes for Dr. Johnson's recovery, in which his friends, his country, and all mankind have so deep a stake. 1807 Windham Speech House of Commons 22 July in Hansard IX. 897 Those entrusted with arms..should be persons of some substance and stake in the country. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi Introd. 8 And will probably always have the largest commercial stake in the African continent. 1911 H. Brown Hist. Scot. I. iv. viii. 281 Scotland came to have a stake in this struggle. 1955 Times 4 Aug. 12/1 Pilkington Brothers, famous the world over for plate and other kinds of glass, is proposing to increase its stake in another hardly less famous glass business. 1969 Listener 31 July 137/2 If the local paper has a stake in a local commercial station, this would tend to perpetuate the monopoly in local news and comment which has existed for too long in many provincial cities. 1981 Times 6 May 24/7 (heading) Trafalgar House buys 14.9 pc stake in French Kier. < as lemmas |
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