Ante-

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ante- \An"te-\ ([a^]n"t[-e]-).
     A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr.
     anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-,
     (only in comp.: cf. {Answer}, {Along}), G. ant-, ent- (in
     comp.). The Latin ante is generally used in the sense of
     before, in regard to position, order, or time, and the Gr.


     'anti` in that of opposite, or in the place of.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ante \An"te\, n. (Poker Playing)
     Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante)
     the game begins.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ante \An"te\, v. t. & i.
     To put up (an ante).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ante
       n : (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to
           the pot
       v : place one's stake

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "ante":
     ahead, ante up, back, beforehand, bet, bet on, book, call, chunk,
     cover, ere, fade, fore, forward, gamble, hand over, handbook,
     hazard, in advance, in advance of, lay, lay a wager, lay down,
     make a bet, meet a bet, parlay, pass, pay over, play, play against,
     plunge, pot, preceding, previous, prior to, punt, put down, put up,
     see, shot, stake, stand pat, to, wager