anteing Definition

ante
noun antes

1. A stake put up by a player, usually in poker, but also in other card games, before receiving any cards.
2. An advance payment.

verb

anted, anteing
1. To put up as a stake.

Idiom: raise the ante (up the ante)

To increase the stakes in a card game, especially poker.

To elevate the importance of something.

Etymology: 19c: from Latin ante before.

Phrasal Verb: ante up

To pay.