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table stakes en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) A rule whereby players are only allowed to bet the money they have on the table.
  2. (figuratively, plural, plural-only) The stake that a stakeholder must put up even just to earn a place at the table (a chance to compete), let alone ensure a win.
    • So what makes people want to 'listen' to a brand? Sounding like a human, ugh; that's table stakes. If that's all you can say about your social approach, you're not trying hard enough. 2016, Geoffrey Colon, Disruptive Marketing: What Growth Hackers, Data Punks, and Other Hybrid Thinkers Can Teach Us About Navigating the New Normal, →ISBN, page 143:
  3. (plural, plural-only) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see table, stakes.

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