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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ante up en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæntiː ʌp/

Meanings

  1. To contribute one's share of a payment; to provide funds; to pay what is due.
    • I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. 1975, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Jaws, spoken by Quint (Robert Shaw):
    • "Ugh! An inventor, eh?" "Nix! He's not an inventor himself, but he antes-up for 'em." 1916 January 14, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 472, column 2:
  2. To pay a fee necessary to play a game, typically a card game.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
anted up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
anted up Tense=Past lexicographic
antes up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
anteing up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

ante-upping

Relateds

up the ante

Synonyms

pay the piper · fork over · pay up · pony up · pay the freight · pay the price · foot the bill · defray · spend · pay · shell out · cough up · quit · do the needful · ante up · fork out · pony up · expend · pay up · lay out · stump up · imburse