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
Teague	-	Irish
Jadzia	YAH-jah	Polish
Baldovin	-	Ancient Germanic
Duran	[də'ræn]
Read	[ri:d]
Gert	GERT (German), KHERT (Dutch)	German, Dutch