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ante

Definition

  • noun: the amount of money that a player must bet at the beginning of play in a poker game
  • noun: a poker stake usually put up before the deal to build the pot
  • verb: to pay the amount of money required to start play in a poker game
  • verb: to put up (an ante)
  • usually singular

Examples

  • The popular actor first demanded twice the salary offered him but then kept 'upping the ante'.

  • Parents are usually expected to 'ante up' [='pay'] for their children's college education.

  • The new law 'ups the ante on' [=increases penalties for] people who cheat on their taxes.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Are we gonna stand on the sidelines... ...quietly standing there while our country gets raped? MEN: Fuck that. DEREK: Are we gonna ante up and do something? MAN : Fuck, yeah! MAN : Hell, yeah! You're goddamn right we are. Come here! (..)
    1998 American History X