stake — ▪ I. stake stake 1 [steɪk] noun 1. [countable] FINANCE money risked or invested in a business: • He has a stake in some liquid assets that could be used for income or held on to as a safety net. • Analysts expect the company to … Financial and business terms
stake — stake1 [ steık ] noun ** 1. ) count a wooden or metal post with a pointed end that is used for supporting or marking something a ) the stake a thick wooden pole that someone was tied to and burned in the past as a punishment: be burned at the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stake — I UK [steɪk] / US noun Word forms stake : singular stake plural stakes ** 1) a) [countable] business the part of a business that you own because you have invested money in it stake in: They took a 40% stake in the company last year. a… … English dictionary
majority — noun 1 most ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, huge, large, overwhelming, significant, sizeable, solid, strong, substantial … Collocations dictionary
majority — ma|jor|i|ty [məˈdʒɔrıti US məˈdʒo: , məˈdʒa: ] n plural majorities ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(most people or things)¦ 2¦(most votes)¦ 3 majority vote/decision/verdict etc 4 majority stake/shareholding etc 5¦(becoming an adult)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; :… … Dictionary of contemporary English
majority — ▪ I. majority ma‧jor‧i‧ty 1 [məˈdʒɒrti ǁ məˈdʒɔː , məˈdʒɑː ] noun majorities PLURALFORM 1. [singular] most of the people or things in a particular group: • Some franchisees quit, but the majority are still hanging on. majority of … Financial and business terms
majority ownership — ➔ ownership * * * majority ownership UK US noun [U] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► a situation in which a person or organization owns more shares in a company than any other shareholder, and enough to control it: »They expect to close the transaction… … Financial and business terms
Stake (Latter Day Saints) — A stake is an administrative unit composed of multiple congregations in denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. A stake is approximately comparable to a diocese in the Catholic Church and other Christian denominations. The name stake… … Wikipedia
stake — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 (also stakes) amount that could be won/lost ADJECTIVE ▪ big, high ▪ low, small ▪ personal ▪ H … Collocations dictionary
Majority Shareholder — A person or entity that owns more than 50% of a company s outstanding shares. The majority shareholder is often the founder of the company, or in the case of long established businesses, the founder s descendants. By virtue of controlling more… … Investment dictionary
