table stakes
Meanings
noun
- A rule whereby players are only allowed to bet the money they have on the table.
- The stake that a stakeholder must put up even just to earn a place at the table (a chance to compete), let alone ensure a win.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see table, stakes.
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