A price or cost, as in up the ante.
In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.
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.
Something unlikely; something that has little chance of happening or working.
A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later.
A shot fired at a distant target.