The finance director has bought his first stake in the troubled transport operation.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They scooped up the vouchers and used them to buystakes in oil and gas companies for a fraction of their true value.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It bought majority stakes in three offshore drilling areas in 2010.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Definition of 'stake'
stake
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countable noun
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own partof it or because its success or failure will affect you.