Reversionary
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Reversioner.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Pertaining to reversion, especially that of an estate.
Stake
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.To pierce or wound with a stake.To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge.To provide another with money in order to play.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc.A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, a flat car, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.A share or interest in a business or a given situation (in the sense "stake a claim").A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc.That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.A territorial division.
Example sentence: Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman's natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive.