to advance

Examples

• All

• Tuesday, they advanced $100,000 for which we had to sign as a loan.

  Welcome to Death Row (2001)

• How do you advance me the funds?

  Tenet (2020)

• Would the lady care to advance the gentleman the cost of a rose?

  The Sure Thing (1985)

• I advanced you on your salary.

  Frenzy (1972)

• -I advanced you $5,000 for university shop.

  An American Christmas Carol (1979)

• I'll advance you some.

  Celebrity (1998)

• Could you please advance me the money for my upcoming trip?

• I asked my boss if he could advance my payment for the project I finished early.

• After reviewing my work, the company decided to advance me half of my salary for next month.

Synonyms

P

to prepay

vsto advance

8 3.0

Pay for something before you get it

is paid to a person before work is completed or payment is due

A

to ante

vsto advance

2 8.9

To pay money in advance as a required deposit or guarantee

is a general early payment rather than a compulsory contribution

Antonyms

W

to withhold

210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

Idioms

I

in advance

278 1.8

Before something happens or someone needs it

Compounds

C

cash advance

• Specialized

9 3.8

Money you get before you earn it, often as a loan

A

advance death benefit

• Specialized

7.0

A part of life insurance paid early to a person likely to die soon

A

annuity in advance

• Specialized

8.0

A series of payments people receive at the start of each period

F

film advance

• Archaic

5.6

A part in a camera or projector that moves the film to the next picture

S

spark advance

• Specialized

8.0

The timing of the spark that lights the fuel and air in an engine, measured by the piston's position

How Much

to prepay

8 3.0

to advance

29 4.6

to lend

262 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology