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Ante

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an⋅te

  [an-tee] noun, verb, -ted or -teed, -te⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
2. an amount of money paid in advance to insure an individual's share in a joint business venture.
3. Informal. an individual's share of the total expenses incurred by a group.
4. Informal. the price or cost of something.
–verb (used with object)
5. Poker. to put (one's initial stake) into the pot.
6. to produce or pay (one's share) (usually fol. by up): He anted up his half of the bill.
–verb (used without object)
7. Poker. to put one's initial stake into the pot.
8. Informal. to pay (usually fol. by up).
Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; independent use of ante-

ante-

 
a prefix meaning “before,” used in the formation of compound words: anteroom; antebellum; antedate.
Origin:
< L, prefixal form of prep. and adv. ante (see ancient ); akin to Gk antí, OE and- against, toward, opposite. See answer, and, anti-
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an·te   (ān'tē)   
n.  

  1. Games The stake that each poker player must put into the pool before receiving a hand or before receiving new cards. See Synonyms at bet.

  2. A price to be paid, especially as one's share; cost: "Whether they could actually turn back Soviet policy depended on many factors that Moscow might yet choose to test by upping the ante" (Foreign Affairs).

v.   an·ted or an·teed, an·te·ing, an·tes

v.   tr.

  1. Games To put (one's stake) into the pool in poker.

  2. To pay: Let's ante up the bill.

v.   intr.

  1. Games To put one's stake into the pool in poker: Don't look at your cards until everyone has anted.

  2. To pay up.


[From Latin, before; see ant- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
ante [ˈænti]

  1. n.
    an amount of money that must be contributed before playing certain card games such as poker. (See also penny-ante.) : That's a pretty high ante. Forget it!
  2. n.
    the charge or cost. : What's the ante for a used 1985 four-door?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

ante 
1838 (n.), 1846 (v.), Amer.Eng. poker slang, apparently from L. ante "before," from PIE *anti "facing opposite, near, in front of, before" (cf. Skt. antah "end, border, boundary," Hittite hanti "opposite," Gk. anta, anten "opposite," anti "over against, opposite, before;" O.Lith. anta "on to;" Goth. anda "along;" O.E. and- "against;" Ger. ent- "along, against").

ante- 
prefix meaning "before," from L. ante (prep. and adv.) "before, in front of, opposite" from PIE *anti "facing opposite, near, in front of, before" (see ante).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

ante- pref.

  1. Prior to; earlier: antenatal.

  2. In front of; before: antebrachium.

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