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.
Money paid by a person to buy himself off from some unpleasant engagement or some painful situation.
The money invested or bet by such people; by extension, the opinions of such people.
Money allowed to soldiers or sailors, in the English service, for wounds and injuries received; also, a sum paid by a recruit, previous to being sworn in, to procure his release from service.
Experienced, well-informed investors, gamblers, etc. considered as a group.
Vindictive or exemplary damages; damages beyond a full compensation for the actual injury done.