anteing (up)

present participle of ante (up)
as in paying
to give what is owed for if we can't ante up at least half of the overdue rent, we are going to be evicted

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  • The increase was due to Walmart introducing some higher-paying hourly roles in its Auto Care Centers last year, among other changes, the company said.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The poster continued to drag out the process, paying with cash instead of a card and taking their time bagging the groceries.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • If a company has a lot of floating-rate assets (their portfolio lending) but also a healthy amount of floating-rate debt, a lower portfolio yield might be offset by a lower cost of paying off that debt.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • His bat said that the work is perhaps paying off.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Anteing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anteing%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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