Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. · To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
noun
A price or cost, as in up the ante. · In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot, often before dealing all the cards.
prep
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of before, earlier in time, particularly used in historical dating.
Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”). Doublet of and.
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