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ante definition

☆ ante (an′tē)

noun

  1. Poker the stake that each player must put into the pot before receiving cards
  2. Informal the amount one must pay as one's share

Etymology: L, before

transitive verb, intransitive verb anted -·ted or anteed -·teed, anteing -·te·ing

  1. Poker to put in (one's ante)
  2. Informal to pay (one's share)
ante Idioms

ante up

to ante; pay

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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