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Definition
- Verb:
- To pay money that is owed, especially to settle a debt or fulfill a financial obligation. The term often implies paying a required or demanded sum, sometimes reluctantly or after a delay.
Usage
- This verb is typically used in informal contexts, often when talking about money, debts, bets, or contributions.
- It is commonly used as an imperative ("Ante up!") to demand payment.
- It can be used transitively (e.g., "to ante up the money") or intransitively (e.g., "He finally anted up").
Examples
- Verb:
- If you want to stay in the poker game, you have to ante up.
- The city council demanded the company ante up the back taxes.
- "Come on, ante up!" he said, holding out his hand for the rent money.
Advanced Usage
- "to ante up for something": to pay one's share for a collective expense.
- Everyone needs to ante up for the office gift before Friday.
Variants and Related Words
- Ante (noun): A stake put into a pot in poker before cards are dealt; more generally, an initial investment or price.
- The ante for the tournament is $50.
- Up the ante (idiom): To increase the stakes, risks, or demands in a situation.
- By introducing a new feature, the company upped the ante in the smartphone market.
Synonyms
- Pay up: To pay money that is owed, especially in full.
- Settle up: To pay what is owed to clear an account.
- Fork over/out (informal): To hand over money, often unwillingly.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Pay up: Very similar in meaning and usage to "ante up."
- The loan shark told him to pay up or face the consequences.
Related Idioms
- Pay through the nose: To pay an excessively high price.
- I had to pay through the nose to get those concert tickets at the last minute.
- Foot the bill: To be the one who pays for something.
- Who's going to foot the bill for this expensive dinner?
Verb
- cancel or discharge a debt
- pay up, please!