What does "ante" mean?
Ante: Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins.
Additional senses
- 2.To put up (an ante).
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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