ante up

present singular third person antes up · participle present anteing up · participle past anted up · past anted up

1. To contribute one's share of a payment; to provide funds; to pay what is due.

   "Ugh! An inventor, eh?" "Nix! He's not an inventor himself, but he antes-up for 'em."

   1916 January 28, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 472, column 2

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   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)

   Synonyms: pony up, pay up, cough up, defray, do the needful, expend, foot the bill, fork out

2. To pay a fee necessary to play a game, typically a card game.