- ante⇄ante, noun, verb, -tedor-teed,-teing.
- ante⇄expr. ante up, (Informal.)
a. to put in one's ante in poker.
Ex. Ante up! ante up, boys--friends I mean--don't back out! (J. J. Hooper).
b. to pay one's share.
Ex. Death . . ; and I have been pardners many a time, an' when he pa - ante⇄noun 1. a stake in the game of poker that each player must put up before receiving a hand or drawing new cards.
2. (U.S. Slang.) a sum of money needed, set aside or paid.
Ex. Congress decided to increase the ante for pollution control. - ante⇄v.t. (Informal.)1. to put (one's stake) into the pool in poker.
2. to pay (one's share).