Definition of ante in English:

ante

nounPlural antes ˈantiˈæn(t)i

A stake put up by a player in poker or brag before receiving cards.
（扑克牌戏或勃莱格牌戏中发牌前下的）赌注
the antes were at the $10,000–$20,000 level
Example sentencesExamples
- These antes that are paid for dealt cards go to the king's pot, which is placed near the king's hand.
- These antes are compulsory and are known as ‘the blinds’ because players have to bet without having seen any cards yet.
- Every game has an ante with side bets being the accepted norm.
- At the beginning of each hand, players each contribute an agreed number of chips as an ante.
- Before the game, each player contributes a large ante to the pot.
- At the start of each hand, Jane would put out a blue chip and the dealer, while collecting the antes, would take it and give her a 50 cent piece in return.
- As in poker, the ante (the bets) goes in before the deal starts.
- For the next hand, if the pot was collected, because all except one player folded, there is a new ante by all the players.
- So, for a five player game, the maximum initial stake would be 5 times the ante.
- Most were not dealt enough of these premium holdings before the antes ate away their chip stacks and their chances.
- The player holding Pamfíll (the Jack of Clubs) collects the ante placed in that pool.
- And now comes the grand finale, the ‘Main Event,’ where as many as 6,600 poker players will ante up more than $60 million of their own money.
- Everyone places an ante of the chosen amount into the center of the table.
- This is where the antes and blinds are high and where most people just sit back and wait for others to be eliminated in hopes they can make the money.
- They set out to accumulate a lot of chips, but this is pointless as the increase in chips in this situation is of trivial value as the blinds and antes go up.
- Chip leaders should pound away and continue to pick up blinds and antes.
- At your turn you choose how much to bet - you must bet at least the amount of the ante, and may bet anything up to the entire pot - and you place your stake next to the pot.
- After the ante, players are dealt seven cards face down, no-peek.
- But overly tight players lose money too because their playing style prevents them from overcoming the antes and blind bets.
- In Caribbean Poker you place an ante, receive a hand, and then decide whether or not you would like to bet.
- Whether it's at the world series, or at your regular school with friends and 50p antes, you have to read your fellow players, but they, in turn, know they're being analysed.
Synonyms
wager, stake, gamble

verbanteing, anted, antes ˈantiˈæn(t)i

[with object]ante something up

1Put up an amount as an ante in poker or brag and similar games.
（牌戏）下赌注
Example sentencesExamples
- He essentially gets to pick which bets he thinks are best, and ante them up.
Synonyms
give, donate, give a donation of, make a donation of, put up, come up with, subscribe, hand out, grant, bestow, present, gift, accord
1. 1.1North American informal Pay an amount of money in advance.
  〈北美，非正式〉预先付款
  he anted up $925,000 of his own money
  他用自己的钱预付了925，000美元。
  no object the owners have to ante up if they want to attract the best talent
  企业主如果要吸引最优秀的人才就得付钱。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When Symantec anted up $925 million of its own stock for firewall and intrusion detection system manufacturer AXENT Technologies in 2000, some analysts doubted whether the purchase was worth the price.
  Perhaps these crazy ideas are just his way of forcing the federal government to ante up more money to the provinces for health care.
  It's unheard of for a movie star to ante up $30 million of his own money to make any film, let alone an earnest, literal-minded version of Jesus' final 12 hours.
  We're told it's because FOX didn't want to ante up money for her band.
  The state has anted up $40 million for salary increases, but, in a program similar to Cincinnati's, Iowa will now evaluate teachers thoroughly to make sure the extra dough goes only to the good classroom performers, not the duds.
  I will not applaud the clarity gained when the U.S. refuses to ante up more than a pittance for the damage wrought by tsunamis in Southeast Asia.
  Often before the game would begin, each of the participants would ante up a dollar or two.
  In an era of budget surpluses, advocates argue, the federal government could ante up money for purchase of open space and farmland.
  The lowly Atlanta Hawks and his own homely Warriors both anted up $50 million for seven years, while the New York Knicks offered their midlevel exception.
  The house always wins: Don Barden rolled the dice when he anted up millions for a Las Vegas casino.
  Over the years they devised an elaborate numbers game to determine who picked up the tab for the table thus ensuring any welchers among them had to ante up their share from time to time.
  The Venetian anted up $30 million in construction costs, the aforementioned $8.6 million in start-up costs and additional money for exhibition design.
  The only legitimate argument I can come up with for seeing this film is that it's cheaper to pay the price of admission to a theater than to ante up the money for a trip to one of the Disney theme parks.
  Grand Prairie anted up $65-million for the initial development of Lone Star Park, which opened for live racing in 1997, and has since invested more than $1.1-million for capital improvements at the track.
  And they propose that board members ante up some serious cash - which the company would match - to purchase stock when they begin their service, as a way of creating stronger financial involvement.
  It was my tendency in those days to ignore subway performers if I wasn't planning on anteing up a contribution - and during those tight times, I usually wasn't.
  He anted up $5,000 and paid for the lighting himself.
  Hey if you're not interested, I am, so ante up some money and make a payment in my name, nuh?
  Nor do they have to ante up fresh funds to compensate for the loss for five years.
  The network is anteing up about 9 percent of its $85 million annual program budget, betting that a host of offerings from boxing to rodeo to rugby to adventure racing to football is one reality programming trend on the rise among women.
  Synonyms
  pay, pay up, hand over, part with, give, put in, contribute, donate

Phrases

up (or raise) the ante

Increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute.
（尤指冲突或争议中）加大赌注，冒更大风险
he decided to up the ante in the trade war
他决定在贸易战中加大赌注。
Example sentencesExamples
- The film successful ups the ante with this brisk and charming story of a young girl from a righteous Sikh family who doesn't want to conform to the narrow community ways her mum so desperately maintains.
- With bottled water now boasting a retail value of 900m, Highland Spring is prepared to up the ante in an increasingly competitive market.
- He said: ‘We are upping the ante and we are expecting it to be a relatively intense period of operations.’
- With this novel she ups the ante, breaking new ground with a superbly plotted and gripping historical novel.
- At least this kind of talk ups the ante after the anodyne stuff we've endured at the majority of press conferences.
- Then last week the ante was upped considerably more with another seizure this time of the dreaded weed with a street value of €200,000.
- And, whenever new and useful information came in, she would up the ante by increasing the reward money.
- Ghostly goings-on are almost commonplace in many York pubs, but the Red Lion is upping the ante with multiple gory tales - and a picture which staff claim shows a mysterious apparition.
- It ups the ante on what popular history can, and should, do.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin, literally 'before'.

The expression up the ante, meaning ‘to increase what is at stake’, comes from the world of card games and gambling. Ante is a Latin word meaning ‘before’ and is a component of English words such as ante-room (mid 18th century) and antenatal (early 19th century). Ante was first used in English by American players of card games in the early 19th century for a stake put up by a player to start the betting before drawing the cards. ‘Upping’ (or ‘raising’) the ante is putting up a higher stake than your opponent in order to put more pressure on them.

Rhymes

Alicante, andante, anti, Ashanti, Bramante, Chianti, Dante, dilettante, Fante, Ferranti, infante, scanty, shanty (US chanty), spumante, vigilante, Zante

Definition of ante in US English:

ante

nounˈan(t)ēˈæn(t)i

A stake put up by a player in poker and similar games before receiving cards.
（扑克牌戏或勃莱格牌戏中发牌前下的）赌注
Example sentencesExamples
- These antes that are paid for dealt cards go to the king's pot, which is placed near the king's hand.
- Most were not dealt enough of these premium holdings before the antes ate away their chip stacks and their chances.
- They set out to accumulate a lot of chips, but this is pointless as the increase in chips in this situation is of trivial value as the blinds and antes go up.
- In Caribbean Poker you place an ante, receive a hand, and then decide whether or not you would like to bet.
- Chip leaders should pound away and continue to pick up blinds and antes.
- At the beginning of each hand, players each contribute an agreed number of chips as an ante.
- And now comes the grand finale, the ‘Main Event,’ where as many as 6,600 poker players will ante up more than $60 million of their own money.
- Everyone places an ante of the chosen amount into the center of the table.
- This is where the antes and blinds are high and where most people just sit back and wait for others to be eliminated in hopes they can make the money.
- At your turn you choose how much to bet - you must bet at least the amount of the ante, and may bet anything up to the entire pot - and you place your stake next to the pot.
- As in poker, the ante (the bets) goes in before the deal starts.
- The player holding Pamfíll (the Jack of Clubs) collects the ante placed in that pool.
- Before the game, each player contributes a large ante to the pot.
- Every game has an ante with side bets being the accepted norm.
- These antes are compulsory and are known as ‘the blinds’ because players have to bet without having seen any cards yet.
- But overly tight players lose money too because their playing style prevents them from overcoming the antes and blind bets.
- Whether it's at the world series, or at your regular school with friends and 50p antes, you have to read your fellow players, but they, in turn, know they're being analysed.
- For the next hand, if the pot was collected, because all except one player folded, there is a new ante by all the players.
- So, for a five player game, the maximum initial stake would be 5 times the ante.
- After the ante, players are dealt seven cards face down, no-peek.
- At the start of each hand, Jane would put out a blue chip and the dealer, while collecting the antes, would take it and give her a 50 cent piece in return.
Synonyms
wager, stake, gamble

verbˈan(t)ēˈæn(t)i

[with object]ante something up

1Put up an amount as an ante in poker and similar games.
（牌戏）下赌注
Example sentencesExamples
- He essentially gets to pick which bets he thinks are best, and ante them up.
Synonyms
give, donate, give a donation of, make a donation of, put up, come up with, subscribe, hand out, grant, bestow, present, gift, accord
1. 1.1North American informal Pay an amount of money in advance.
  〈北美，非正式〉预先付款
  he anted up $925,000 of his own money
  他用自己的钱预付了925，000美元。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The only legitimate argument I can come up with for seeing this film is that it's cheaper to pay the price of admission to a theater than to ante up the money for a trip to one of the Disney theme parks.
  It's unheard of for a movie star to ante up $30 million of his own money to make any film, let alone an earnest, literal-minded version of Jesus' final 12 hours.
  Over the years they devised an elaborate numbers game to determine who picked up the tab for the table thus ensuring any welchers among them had to ante up their share from time to time.
  The state has anted up $40 million for salary increases, but, in a program similar to Cincinnati's, Iowa will now evaluate teachers thoroughly to make sure the extra dough goes only to the good classroom performers, not the duds.
  The Venetian anted up $30 million in construction costs, the aforementioned $8.6 million in start-up costs and additional money for exhibition design.
  The lowly Atlanta Hawks and his own homely Warriors both anted up $50 million for seven years, while the New York Knicks offered their midlevel exception.
  Perhaps these crazy ideas are just his way of forcing the federal government to ante up more money to the provinces for health care.
  The network is anteing up about 9 percent of its $85 million annual program budget, betting that a host of offerings from boxing to rodeo to rugby to adventure racing to football is one reality programming trend on the rise among women.
  He anted up $5,000 and paid for the lighting himself.
  And they propose that board members ante up some serious cash - which the company would match - to purchase stock when they begin their service, as a way of creating stronger financial involvement.
  In an era of budget surpluses, advocates argue, the federal government could ante up money for purchase of open space and farmland.
  It was my tendency in those days to ignore subway performers if I wasn't planning on anteing up a contribution - and during those tight times, I usually wasn't.
  I will not applaud the clarity gained when the U.S. refuses to ante up more than a pittance for the damage wrought by tsunamis in Southeast Asia.
  Grand Prairie anted up $65-million for the initial development of Lone Star Park, which opened for live racing in 1997, and has since invested more than $1.1-million for capital improvements at the track.
  Hey if you're not interested, I am, so ante up some money and make a payment in my name, nuh?
  The house always wins: Don Barden rolled the dice when he anted up millions for a Las Vegas casino.
  Nor do they have to ante up fresh funds to compensate for the loss for five years.
  We're told it's because FOX didn't want to ante up money for her band.
  When Symantec anted up $925 million of its own stock for firewall and intrusion detection system manufacturer AXENT Technologies in 2000, some analysts doubted whether the purchase was worth the price.
  Often before the game would begin, each of the participants would ante up a dollar or two.
  Synonyms
  pay, pay up, hand over, part with, give, put in, contribute, donate
2. 1.2ante upinformal no object Put up one's money; pay up.
  〈北美，非正式〉储存（钱款）；付清（钱款）
  the owners have to ante up if they want to attract the best talent
  企业主如果要吸引最优秀的人才就得付钱。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Rather, it was akin to a backer's audition for a Broadway musical, where if the would-be theatrical angels leave humming the title tune, they will undoubtedly ante up later.
  We should point out that the United States provides about 22 percent of the funding of the United Nations, leaving a lot of room for the rest of the members to ante up.
  Go on, be all hedonistic and ante up for the tickets.
  And every time you go back to these pledging conferences, it becomes more and more difficult to get people to ante up.
  When Ericsson asked institutional investors for new capital this summer, they wondered why they should ante up for a company which they couldn't influence and whose main owners had allowed to drift close to the brink.
  When Blackstone and Madison Dearborn and other venture capitalists and banks anted up, they were investing in a proven leader.
  But this upper tier of the United Way calls on individuals to ante up to the tune of $10,000 or more each year in personal funds.
  He's right that, in the inept system of public radio, we have to ante up if we want classical music.
  Other council members are confident Hennepin County would ante up.
  They have asked the federal government to ante up for some of those legal fees from the Whitewater investigation.
  The order was upheld in Montreal Municipal Court in February and the owners have until April 28 to ante up.
  The federal government anted up, too, buying canned asparagus for food programs and to keep the Dayton, Columbia County, plant running.
  In other words, the island exists solely to shelter those who use public services, infrastructure and a publicly educated workforce, but do not wish to ante up.
  If your store pays its workers so little that the State actually pays money out to your employees in welfare benefits, then, well, you have to ante up.
  Alberta seems to have all the money in the world, but when it comes to anteing up and coming through on your promises, the well's gone dry.
  California-based Chevron anted up in February, making an all-stock offer for about $52 a share, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  Or you can ante up for a posh night in La Bodega's restaurant, where pricier but worthy entrées will make the most of the wine list's Italian selections.
  And with the cost of membership going for $199 a year, the big question is whether enough people will ante up.
  The station made Johnson raise the cash to pay for his airtime, and his listeners anted up.
  But the county is still responsible for over half the funding, and other counties with the same state-local split have anted up.

Phrases

up (or raise) the ante

Increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute.
（尤指冲突或争议中）加大赌注，冒更大风险
he decided to up the ante in the trade war
他决定在贸易战中加大赌注。
Example sentencesExamples
- And, whenever new and useful information came in, she would up the ante by increasing the reward money.
- It ups the ante on what popular history can, and should, do.
- At least this kind of talk ups the ante after the anodyne stuff we've endured at the majority of press conferences.
- He said: ‘We are upping the ante and we are expecting it to be a relatively intense period of operations.’
- With bottled water now boasting a retail value of 900m, Highland Spring is prepared to up the ante in an increasingly competitive market.
- The film successful ups the ante with this brisk and charming story of a young girl from a righteous Sikh family who doesn't want to conform to the narrow community ways her mum so desperately maintains.
- Ghostly goings-on are almost commonplace in many York pubs, but the Red Lion is upping the ante with multiple gory tales - and a picture which staff claim shows a mysterious apparition.
- With this novel she ups the ante, breaking new ground with a superbly plotted and gripping historical novel.
- Then last week the ante was upped considerably more with another seizure this time of the dreaded weed with a street value of €200,000.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin, literally ‘before’.

单词	ante
释义	Definition of ante in English: ante nounPlural antes ˈantiˈæn(t)i A stake put up by a player in poker or brag before receiving cards. （扑克牌戏或勃莱格牌戏中发牌前下的）赌注 the antes were at the $10,000–$20,000 level Example sentencesExamples These antes that are paid for dealt cards go to the king's pot, which is placed near the king's hand. These antes are compulsory and are known as ‘the blinds’ because players have to bet without having seen any cards yet. Every game has an ante with side bets being the accepted norm. At the beginning of each hand, players each contribute an agreed number of chips as an ante. Before the game, each player contributes a large ante to the pot. At the start of each hand, Jane would put out a blue chip and the dealer, while collecting the antes, would take it and give her a 50 cent piece in return. As in poker, the ante (the bets) goes in before the deal starts. For the next hand, if the pot was collected, because all except one player folded, there is a new ante by all the players. So, for a five player game, the maximum initial stake would be 5 times the ante. Most were not dealt enough of these premium holdings before the antes ate away their chip stacks and their chances. The player holding Pamfíll (the Jack of Clubs) collects the ante placed in that pool. And now comes the grand finale, the ‘Main Event,’ where as many as 6,600 poker players will ante up more than $60 million of their own money. Everyone places an ante of the chosen amount into the center of the table. This is where the antes and blinds are high and where most people just sit back and wait for others to be eliminated in hopes they can make the money. They set out to accumulate a lot of chips, but this is pointless as the increase in chips in this situation is of trivial value as the blinds and antes go up. Chip leaders should pound away and continue to pick up blinds and antes. At your turn you choose how much to bet - you must bet at least the amount of the ante, and may bet anything up to the entire pot - and you place your stake next to the pot. After the ante, players are dealt seven cards face down, no-peek. But overly tight players lose money too because their playing style prevents them from overcoming the antes and blind bets. In Caribbean Poker you place an ante, receive a hand, and then decide whether or not you would like to bet. Whether it's at the world series, or at your regular school with friends and 50p antes, you have to read your fellow players, but they, in turn, know they're being analysed. Synonyms wager, stake, gamble verbanteing, anted, antes ˈantiˈæn(t)i [with object]ante something up 1Put up an amount as an ante in poker or brag and similar games. （牌戏）下赌注 Example sentencesExamples He essentially gets to pick which bets he thinks are best, and ante them up. Synonyms give, donate, give a donation of, make a donation of, put up, come up with, subscribe, hand out, grant, bestow, present, gift, accord 1.1North American informal Pay an amount of money in advance. 〈北美，非正式〉预先付款 he anted up $925,000 of his own money 他用自己的钱预付了925，000美元。 no object the owners have to ante up if they want to attract the best talent 企业主如果要吸引最优秀的人才就得付钱。 Example sentencesExamples When Symantec anted up $925 million of its own stock for firewall and intrusion detection system manufacturer AXENT Technologies in 2000, some analysts doubted whether the purchase was worth the price. Perhaps these crazy ideas are just his way of forcing the federal government to ante up more money to the provinces for health care. It's unheard of for a movie star to ante up $30 million of his own money to make any film, let alone an earnest, literal-minded version of Jesus' final 12 hours. We're told it's because FOX didn't want to ante up money for her band. The state has anted up $40 million for salary increases, but, in a program similar to Cincinnati's, Iowa will now evaluate teachers thoroughly to make sure the extra dough goes only to the good classroom performers, not the duds. I will not applaud the clarity gained when the U.S. refuses to ante up more than a pittance for the damage wrought by tsunamis in Southeast Asia. Often before the game would begin, each of the participants would ante up a dollar or two. In an era of budget surpluses, advocates argue, the federal government could ante up money for purchase of open space and farmland. The lowly Atlanta Hawks and his own homely Warriors both anted up $50 million for seven years, while the New York Knicks offered their midlevel exception. The house always wins: Don Barden rolled the dice when he anted up millions for a Las Vegas casino. Over the years they devised an elaborate numbers game to determine who picked up the tab for the table thus ensuring any welchers among them had to ante up their share from time to time. The Venetian anted up $30 million in construction costs, the aforementioned $8.6 million in start-up costs and additional money for exhibition design. The only legitimate argument I can come up with for seeing this film is that it's cheaper to pay the price of admission to a theater than to ante up the money for a trip to one of the Disney theme parks. Grand Prairie anted up $65-million for the initial development of Lone Star Park, which opened for live racing in 1997, and has since invested more than $1.1-million for capital improvements at the track. And they propose that board members ante up some serious cash - which the company would match - to purchase stock when they begin their service, as a way of creating stronger financial involvement. It was my tendency in those days to ignore subway performers if I wasn't planning on anteing up a contribution - and during those tight times, I usually wasn't. He anted up $5,000 and paid for the lighting himself. Hey if you're not interested, I am, so ante up some money and make a payment in my name, nuh? Nor do they have to ante up fresh funds to compensate for the loss for five years. The network is anteing up about 9 percent of its $85 million annual program budget, betting that a host of offerings from boxing to rodeo to rugby to adventure racing to football is one reality programming trend on the rise among women. Synonyms pay, pay up, hand over, part with, give, put in, contribute, donate Phrases up (or raise) the ante Increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute. （尤指冲突或争议中）加大赌注，冒更大风险 he decided to up the ante in the trade war 他决定在贸易战中加大赌注。 Example sentencesExamples The film successful ups the ante with this brisk and charming story of a young girl from a righteous Sikh family who doesn't want to conform to the narrow community ways her mum so desperately maintains. With bottled water now boasting a retail value of 900m, Highland Spring is prepared to up the ante in an increasingly competitive market. He said: ‘We are upping the ante and we are expecting it to be a relatively intense period of operations.’ With this novel she ups the ante, breaking new ground with a superbly plotted and gripping historical novel. At least this kind of talk ups the ante after the anodyne stuff we've endured at the majority of press conferences. Then last week the ante was upped considerably more with another seizure this time of the dreaded weed with a street value of €200,000. And, whenever new and useful information came in, she would up the ante by increasing the reward money. Ghostly goings-on are almost commonplace in many York pubs, but the Red Lion is upping the ante with multiple gory tales - and a picture which staff claim shows a mysterious apparition. It ups the ante on what popular history can, and should, do. Origin Early 19th century: from Latin, literally 'before'. The expression up the ante, meaning ‘to increase what is at stake’, comes from the world of card games and gambling. Ante is a Latin word meaning ‘before’ and is a component of English words such as ante-room (mid 18th century) and antenatal (early 19th century). Ante was first used in English by American players of card games in the early 19th century for a stake put up by a player to start the betting before drawing the cards. ‘Upping’ (or ‘raising’) the ante is putting up a higher stake than your opponent in order to put more pressure on them. Rhymes Alicante, andante, anti, Ashanti, Bramante, Chianti, Dante, dilettante, Fante, Ferranti, infante, scanty, shanty (US chanty), spumante, vigilante, Zante noun.1 phr. Definition of ante in US English: ante nounˈan(t)ēˈæn(t)i A stake put up by a player in poker and similar games before receiving cards. （扑克牌戏或勃莱格牌戏中发牌前下的）赌注 Example sentencesExamples These antes that are paid for dealt cards go to the king's pot, which is placed near the king's hand. Most were not dealt enough of these premium holdings before the antes ate away their chip stacks and their chances. They set out to accumulate a lot of chips, but this is pointless as the increase in chips in this situation is of trivial value as the blinds and antes go up. In Caribbean Poker you place an ante, receive a hand, and then decide whether or not you would like to bet. Chip leaders should pound away and continue to pick up blinds and antes. At the beginning of each hand, players each contribute an agreed number of chips as an ante. And now comes the grand finale, the ‘Main Event,’ where as many as 6,600 poker players will ante up more than $60 million of their own money. Everyone places an ante of the chosen amount into the center of the table. This is where the antes and blinds are high and where most people just sit back and wait for others to be eliminated in hopes they can make the money. At your turn you choose how much to bet - you must bet at least the amount of the ante, and may bet anything up to the entire pot - and you place your stake next to the pot. As in poker, the ante (the bets) goes in before the deal starts. The player holding Pamfíll (the Jack of Clubs) collects the ante placed in that pool. Before the game, each player contributes a large ante to the pot. Every game has an ante with side bets being the accepted norm. These antes are compulsory and are known as ‘the blinds’ because players have to bet without having seen any cards yet. But overly tight players lose money too because their playing style prevents them from overcoming the antes and blind bets. Whether it's at the world series, or at your regular school with friends and 50p antes, you have to read your fellow players, but they, in turn, know they're being analysed. For the next hand, if the pot was collected, because all except one player folded, there is a new ante by all the players. So, for a five player game, the maximum initial stake would be 5 times the ante. After the ante, players are dealt seven cards face down, no-peek. At the start of each hand, Jane would put out a blue chip and the dealer, while collecting the antes, would take it and give her a 50 cent piece in return. Synonyms wager, stake, gamble verbˈan(t)ēˈæn(t)i [with object]ante something up 1Put up an amount as an ante in poker and similar games. （牌戏）下赌注 Example sentencesExamples He essentially gets to pick which bets he thinks are best, and ante them up. Synonyms give, donate, give a donation of, make a donation of, put up, come up with, subscribe, hand out, grant, bestow, present, gift, accord 1.1North American informal Pay an amount of money in advance. 〈北美，非正式〉预先付款 he anted up $925,000 of his own money 他用自己的钱预付了925，000美元。 Example sentencesExamples The only legitimate argument I can come up with for seeing this film is that it's cheaper to pay the price of admission to a theater than to ante up the money for a trip to one of the Disney theme parks. It's unheard of for a movie star to ante up $30 million of his own money to make any film, let alone an earnest, literal-minded version of Jesus' final 12 hours. Over the years they devised an elaborate numbers game to determine who picked up the tab for the table thus ensuring any welchers among them had to ante up their share from time to time. The state has anted up $40 million for salary increases, but, in a program similar to Cincinnati's, Iowa will now evaluate teachers thoroughly to make sure the extra dough goes only to the good classroom performers, not the duds. The Venetian anted up $30 million in construction costs, the aforementioned $8.6 million in start-up costs and additional money for exhibition design. The lowly Atlanta Hawks and his own homely Warriors both anted up $50 million for seven years, while the New York Knicks offered their midlevel exception. Perhaps these crazy ideas are just his way of forcing the federal government to ante up more money to the provinces for health care. The network is anteing up about 9 percent of its $85 million annual program budget, betting that a host of offerings from boxing to rodeo to rugby to adventure racing to football is one reality programming trend on the rise among women. He anted up $5,000 and paid for the lighting himself. And they propose that board members ante up some serious cash - which the company would match - to purchase stock when they begin their service, as a way of creating stronger financial involvement. In an era of budget surpluses, advocates argue, the federal government could ante up money for purchase of open space and farmland. It was my tendency in those days to ignore subway performers if I wasn't planning on anteing up a contribution - and during those tight times, I usually wasn't. I will not applaud the clarity gained when the U.S. refuses to ante up more than a pittance for the damage wrought by tsunamis in Southeast Asia. Grand Prairie anted up $65-million for the initial development of Lone Star Park, which opened for live racing in 1997, and has since invested more than $1.1-million for capital improvements at the track. Hey if you're not interested, I am, so ante up some money and make a payment in my name, nuh? The house always wins: Don Barden rolled the dice when he anted up millions for a Las Vegas casino. Nor do they have to ante up fresh funds to compensate for the loss for five years. We're told it's because FOX didn't want to ante up money for her band. When Symantec anted up $925 million of its own stock for firewall and intrusion detection system manufacturer AXENT Technologies in 2000, some analysts doubted whether the purchase was worth the price. Often before the game would begin, each of the participants would ante up a dollar or two. Synonyms pay, pay up, hand over, part with, give, put in, contribute, donate 1.2ante upinformal no object Put up one's money; pay up. 〈北美，非正式〉储存（钱款）；付清（钱款） the owners have to ante up if they want to attract the best talent 企业主如果要吸引最优秀的人才就得付钱。 Example sentencesExamples Rather, it was akin to a backer's audition for a Broadway musical, where if the would-be theatrical angels leave humming the title tune, they will undoubtedly ante up later. We should point out that the United States provides about 22 percent of the funding of the United Nations, leaving a lot of room for the rest of the members to ante up. Go on, be all hedonistic and ante up for the tickets. And every time you go back to these pledging conferences, it becomes more and more difficult to get people to ante up. When Ericsson asked institutional investors for new capital this summer, they wondered why they should ante up for a company which they couldn't influence and whose main owners had allowed to drift close to the brink. When Blackstone and Madison Dearborn and other venture capitalists and banks anted up, they were investing in a proven leader. But this upper tier of the United Way calls on individuals to ante up to the tune of $10,000 or more each year in personal funds. He's right that, in the inept system of public radio, we have to ante up if we want classical music. Other council members are confident Hennepin County would ante up. They have asked the federal government to ante up for some of those legal fees from the Whitewater investigation. The order was upheld in Montreal Municipal Court in February and the owners have until April 28 to ante up. The federal government anted up, too, buying canned asparagus for food programs and to keep the Dayton, Columbia County, plant running. In other words, the island exists solely to shelter those who use public services, infrastructure and a publicly educated workforce, but do not wish to ante up. If your store pays its workers so little that the State actually pays money out to your employees in welfare benefits, then, well, you have to ante up. Alberta seems to have all the money in the world, but when it comes to anteing up and coming through on your promises, the well's gone dry. California-based Chevron anted up in February, making an all-stock offer for about $52 a share, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Or you can ante up for a posh night in La Bodega's restaurant, where pricier but worthy entrées will make the most of the wine list's Italian selections. And with the cost of membership going for $199 a year, the big question is whether enough people will ante up. The station made Johnson raise the cash to pay for his airtime, and his listeners anted up. But the county is still responsible for over half the funding, and other counties with the same state-local split have anted up. Phrases up (or raise) the ante Increase what is at stake or under discussion, especially in a conflict or dispute. （尤指冲突或争议中）加大赌注，冒更大风险 he decided to up the ante in the trade war 他决定在贸易战中加大赌注。 Example sentencesExamples And, whenever new and useful information came in, she would up the ante by increasing the reward money. It ups the ante on what popular history can, and should, do. At least this kind of talk ups the ante after the anodyne stuff we've endured at the majority of press conferences. He said: ‘We are upping the ante and we are expecting it to be a relatively intense period of operations.’ With bottled water now boasting a retail value of 900m, Highland Spring is prepared to up the ante in an increasingly competitive market. The film successful ups the ante with this brisk and charming story of a young girl from a righteous Sikh family who doesn't want to conform to the narrow community ways her mum so desperately maintains. Ghostly goings-on are almost commonplace in many York pubs, but the Red Lion is upping the ante with multiple gory tales - and a picture which staff claim shows a mysterious apparition. With this novel she ups the ante, breaking new ground with a superbly plotted and gripping historical novel. Then last week the ante was upped considerably more with another seizure this time of the dreaded weed with a street value of €200,000. Origin Early 19th century: from Latin, literally ‘before’. noun.1 phr.
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