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Toss in some chips, say (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ante

(Other definitions for ante that I've seen before include "early payment" , "A neat sort of prefix" , "not post" , "Stake (that may be upped?)" , "advance payment" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.
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