stake someone to something

1. tv. to lend or give someone money to buy something. Stake the man to a meal and a flop, and he’ll tell us what we want to know.

2. tv. to treat someone to something. Can I stake you to a drink to celebrate?

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Devereux	DEV-ə-ro	English (Rare)
Read	[ri:d]
Mirabelle	-	French (Rare), English (Rare)
Cunigund	-	Ancient Germanic
Hesiod	HES-ee-əd (English), HEE-see-əd (English)	Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
Arethusa	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)