Similar words: mantel, granted, antedate, anteroom, debutante, anterior, implanted, enchanted. Meaning: ['æntɪ] 
n. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot. v. place one's stake.
n. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot. v. place one's stake. 
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1. His ex - wife has upped the ante in her alimony suit against him.
2. They've upped the ante by making a $120 million bid to buy the company.
3. When will your younger sister ante up?
4. The government has upped the ante by refusing to negotiate until a ceasefire has been agreed.
5. Small firms that want to expand must ante up large legal fees.
6. The publisher upped the ante for the biography by offering 1000 yuan.
7. At least 200 people have been persuaded to ante up big money for the charity event.
8. Palmer's contribution was to up the ante.
9. Sometimes the parents upped the ante.
10. For the first time, women would ante up $ 1, 000 to join a special group in the party.
11. Two people may have identical opportunity sets ex ante but have different ex post outcomes.
12. A few years ago, the pope upped the ante and added a written loyalty oath to him and his every pronouncement.
13. We might refer to this as the ex ante demand for bank lending.
14. Planning can balance demand and supply ex ante rather than ex post, so avoiding substantial waste of resources. 4.
15. The threat of this ex ante can then be used to ensure adherence to the agreement.
16. Sanctions upped the ante considerably in the Middle East crisis.
17. My friends would have to ante up their credit card again for another possible $ 35 charge.
18. When his wife was awarded alimony by the court, Snow had to ante up.
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19. And next year, the requests might double, with the whole dreary cycle restarting at an upped ante.
20. Nevertheless the epilogue to the Pactus does provide a terminus ante quem for the compilation of the code.
21. Looking to the future, however, the Forest Service decided to up the ante next time around.
22. Logan said, referring to the Colorado Avalanche star whose $ 21-million contract upped the ante for Kariya.
23. Enormous improvements have been made there and ￡1m was provided in 1989 for new maternity and ante natal facilities.
24. What they are now doing is compromising, in this half-baked manner, by raising the ante to 70.
25. The owners are constantly carping about runaway salaries, then fall over themselves to jump the gun and up the ante.
26. Creating an economic asset in the form of a parental dividend would obviously up the ante in these kinds of contentious issues.
27. He's helping to drive in the ewes for a mass ante natal clinic.
28. The group mind plays Pong so well that Carpenter decides to up the ante.
29. It is argued that markets necessarily coordinate demand and supply ex post rather than ex ante.
30. The group mind plays Pong so well that Carpenter decides to up the ante. Without warning the ball bounces faster.
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