Usually means: Initial stake placed before playing.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. ante, ante-: Merriam-Webster
  2. ante, ante-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ante, ante-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ante, ante-: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ante: Vocabulary.com
  6. Ante, ante, ante-: Wordnik
  7. ante, ante-: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ante, ante-: Wiktionary
  9. ante, ante-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. ante, ante-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. ante: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Ante-, Ante, ante, ante-: Dictionary.com
  13. ante, ante-: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. ante: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Ante (cards), Ante (poker), Ante: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Ante-, Ante: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. ante, ante-: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. ante: Rhymezone
  19. Ante-, Ante: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. ante: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. ante, ante-: MyWord.info
  22. ante, ante-: FreeDictionary.org
  23. ante: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. ante, ante, ante-: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. ante: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  26. ante: Merriam-Webster

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. ante-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ante: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. ante: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ante: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. ante, ante-: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. ANTE-, ANTE: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. ante: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ante: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. ante: Urban Dictionary

Sports (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ante: Dan's Poker
  2. winyourwager.com Gambling Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Ante, Ante: Gambling Glossary
  4. Texas Hold'em Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Ante: Poker Terms
  6. Ante: Guide For Gambling Dictionary

(Note: See anted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Ante)

noun:  A price or cost, as in up the ante.
noun:  (poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.
verb:  To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
verb:  To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances.
noun:  A surname.

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