In gambling, a stake is the quantity of money or other goods that is risked on the outcome of some specific event

A stake is a long, pointed object thrust into the ground. Stakes have many applications, such as demarcating a small plot of land, anchoring guy ropes for a tent or other portable structure, or slowly releasing fertilizer to aid the growth of plants, and in mythology slaying a vampire

As a result, many horse races' names end in the word "Stakes", causing metaphoric usages such as "an animal winning the reproduction stakes".

Execution by burning, to ancient Christians, a stake was a pole to which people accused of heresy or witchcraft were tied and "burned at the stake"

A stake is a polished iron shape, very firmly mounted, used by silversmiths in the manner of a blacksmith's anvil

Sudis (stake), field fortification carried by Roman legionaries

Stake: Fortune Fighters, the 2003 Xbox game

Stake (Latter Day Saints), an administrative unit of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Latter Day Saint denominations

In folklore and mythology, a wooden stake, like silver bullets, have special powers to kill monsters via impalement. See vampire, werewolf

A torture stake, a method of execution similar to crucifixion using a single pole or stake in lieu of a cross, killing the victim by asphyxiation.

"Stakes" is the established acronym for the official research bureau of welfare and health in Finland.