base stake
1stake — [OE] Stake ‘post’ comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic base *stak , *stek , *stik ‘pierce, prick’, which also produced English attach, stick, stockade, etc. It may be that stake ‘wager’ [16] is the same word, alluding to a supposed… …
2stake — [OE] Stake ‘post’ comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic base *stak , *stek , *stik ‘pierce, prick’, which also produced English attach, stick, stockade, etc. It may be that stake ‘wager’ [16] is the same word, alluding to a supposed… …
3base — noun /beɪs/ 1. the lowest or first position ● Turnover increased by 200%, but started from a low base. 2. a place where a company has its main office or factory, or a place where a businessperson’s office is located ● The company has its base in… …
4base — /beɪs/ noun 1. the lowest or first position ● Turnover increased by 200%, but started from a low base. 2. a place where a company has its main office or factory, or a place where a businessperson’s office is located ● The company has its base in… …
5National Association of Base Ball Players — Part of the Baseball series on History of baseball • Origins of baseball • Early years • First league • Knickerbocker Rules • Massachusetts rules • Alexander Cartwright • …
6Bryce's Base Ball Guide — Bryce s Base Ball Guides were two annual Canadian baseball publications, in 1876 and 1877, which provided information to baseball fans and players.A treasure trove of information about early Canadian baseball as well as the International… …
7home base — Plate Plate, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.] 1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in… …
8Save Second Base — One of a number of irreverent and suggestive breast cancer awareness campaigns. Writing for Newsweek, Kate Dailey commented on a trend for provocative advertising campaigns aimed at raising awareness of breast cancer, such as “Save Second Base,”… …
9Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
10Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… …
