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.
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 bet something; to put it up as collateral.
To suppose; to dare say.
Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.
An offer to make oath.
A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event.
That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.