penny ante
English
noun
Definitions
- A small stake in gambling.
- Poker played for small stakes.
- A small-scale business transaction.
Etymology
Compound from English penny + English ante (before).
Origin
English
ante
Gloss
before
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
前
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ante English
- catchpenny English
- eighteenpenny English
- eightpenny English
- elevenpenny English
- fifteenpenny English
- fivepenny English
- fortypenny English
- fourpenny English
- fourteenpenny English
- halfpenny English
- lickpenny English
- megapenny English
- ninepenny English
- pennied English
- penniless English
- penny English
- penny university English
- penny-ante English
- penny-wise English
- pennycress English
- pennyweight English
- pennywhistle English
- pennywise English
- pennywort English
- pennyworth English
- pickpenny English
- pinchpenny English
- pitchpenny English
- sevenpenny English
- sixpenny English
- sixteenpenny English
- tenpenny English
- thirteenpenny English
- thirtypenny English
- threepenny English
- twalpenny English
- twelvepenny English
- twentypenny English
- twopenny English
- ante Latin
- penny French
- пенни Russian
- ペニー Japanese
- peni Middle English
- penni Norman
- pénîn Norman
- peni Swahili
- ante
- penny
- pennied
- twopenny
- tenpenny
- sixpenny
- pickpenny
- halfpenny
- megapenny
- penniless
- ninepenny
- twalpenny
- lickpenny
- fourpenny
- pennywise
- fivepenny
- pennywort
- catchpenny
- pinchpenny
- pennyworth
- eightpenny
- fortypenny
- pitchpenny
- penny-ante
- penny-wise
- threepenny
- pennycress
- sevenpenny
- twelvepenny
- twentypenny
- elevenpenny
- thirtypenny
- pennyweight
- fifteenpenny
- pennywhistle
- sixteenpenny
- eighteenpenny
- thirteenpenny
- fourteenpenny
- penny university