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ante

noun

/ˈænti/

Meaning

a stake put up by a player in poker or similar games before receiving cards; also used figuratively to mean an initial investment or contribution

Each player placed an ante before the game began.

up the ante

stake, bet, contribution, payment

withdrawal, saving

place an ante, small ante, up the ante

A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.

A call to take part in a contest or competition, especially a demanding or stimulating one; a task o...

the faculty of perceiving sounds; a session in which testimony and arguments are heard

A task, project, or responsibility that someone agrees to do.

the quality of behaving or speaking in a way to avoid causing offense or revealing private informati...

all the people born and living at about the same time; the production or creation of something