In card-playing: A challenge, venture, or bid; a sum ventured or staked on one's cards. Also in figurative context. (Common 1590–1650).

Cards. A higher stake ventured by a player against that proposed by an opponent; a further vie (see vie, n.3 1). Also figurative: a further…

The action of revie, v.; vying again.

A cumulative bet in which the sum originally staked and the money won are left as a further stake; the gambling of double the sum that was…

Cards. An increase of a stake or bet at poker; (Bridge) a higher bid in the same suit as a previous bid by one's partner. Also figurative.

Cards. The statement of an undertaking which a player makes; spec. in Bridge, an announcement of the number of tricks in a specified suit or…

Cards. The act or process of making a bid or bids (see bid, n. 2). Also attributive.

The action of sweeten, v. slang. (See sweeten, v. 9.)

A cumulative series of bets, usually on a series of horse races, in which winnings accruing from each transaction are used as a stake for a further…

A further increase of a stake or bet, in response to a raise (raise, n.1 3b) by an opponent.

Poker (originally U.S.). Cf. call, v. 20c(b). An act or instance of an individual player matching the latest bet in a game in order to remain in play.