Upping the ante, they would be paid according to their level of temptation: Could they hold a cigarette while watching?
His father knows it will be time to up the ante, given a guest list with many of the same faces.
"Rio has been able to deliver an emotional edge to its appeal that other bids haven't matched," says Around the Rings editor Ed Hula. Perhaps the President can up the ante.
There's a lot of penny-ante politics going on at our office.
The Iranian government has dangerously upped the nuclear ante in diplomacy and still faces resilient protesters at home.
When I arrived to report myself, Flip was doing something or other at he the long shiny table in the ante-room to the study.
But holding out may force Ballmer to up the ante.
Celebrities from Lady Gaga to Linkin Park rallied their fans to ante up for earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan.
By engendering feelings of impotence, guilt and damnation, the Christian doctrine of original sin denigrated life on earth to waiting in an ante-chamber which led to some other-worldly existence.
The ex ante perspective in legal theory is loosely connected with consequentialist( or utilitarian or welfarist) approaches to moral theory.
How much did they each ante up?
There are no disputes, at least at this hour, so I just listen, hoping inwardly that their womenfolk acquiesce in this happy accord over the status quo ante.
Developers ante up most of the money, collect tolls or other usage fees, and eventually hand the facilities back to the government.
For example, a fairness-based theory of torts might consider future consequences in assessing legal rules, and even utilitarian legal theories must use ex ante information when evaluating particular cases.
Social media has upped the ante. It is a rich source of information and eyewitness accounts.
When his wife was awarded alimony by the court, Snow had to ante up.
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