antes (up)

present tense third-person singular of ante (up)
as in pays
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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  • Its name, Albatross, pays tribute to the massive seabird known for its ability to travel thousands of miles across the open ocean without much wing-flapping.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This benefits Apple as Google pays the company billions per year to be the default search engine on iPhones.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Whether or not that bullishness pays off against Argentina is more or less academic.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Patience pays off in this situation.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Bathsheba successfully forces one woman to kill her child but meets her match in the one-two punch of Lili Taylor and Farmiga.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Projections show a 'dire' future for the river Worst-case hydrology could also reduce the river's flows to a point where the water received by Lower Basin states and Mexico no longer meets the amount required by a century-old compact governing water use on the river.
    Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Antes (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antes%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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