[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Poker.a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.", "an amount of money paid in advance to insure an individual's in a joint business venture.", "Informal.an individual's of the total expenses incurred by a group.", "Informal.the price or cost of something."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["Poker.to put (one's initial stake) into the pot.", "to produce or pay (one's ) (usually followed byup):He anted up his half of the bill."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Poker.to put one's initial stake into the pot.", "Informal.to pay (usually followed byup)."]}, {"Bold_text": null, "List Items": ["a prefix meaning “before,” used in the formation of compound words:anteroom; antebellum; antedate."]}]