Look up: advance

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   Advance
   Advance is a town in Boone County Indiana, USA. Advance is a township in Pembina County North Dakota, USA. Advance is a city in Stoddard County Missouri, USA.
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   Advance
   Often a pre-payment, given to the author at various stages during development of a book, typically half is paid on signature of contract and half on publication of the book. The sum is an advance on the royalties that will be paid to the author once the book has been published.
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   Advance
   A term meaning the amount of money borrowed under a credit agreement
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   Advance
   Once a mortgage lender has agreed in principal to give you a mortgage on a property you want to buy, the next step is to actually get hold of the funds. The loan itself is the 'advance', known as such because the lender is lending you, the borrower, the money in advance of repayment.
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   advance
   [n] - an amount paid before it is earned 2. [n] - increase in price or value 3. [v] - pay in advance 4. [v] - move forward 5. [v] - cause to move forward 6. [v] - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense 7. [v] - bring forward for consideration or acceptance 8. [v] - develop further 9. [v] - rise in rate or price
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   Advance
   Loan from a bank or building society in the form of a mortgage.
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   Advance
   The amount of money that is forwarded from the mortgage lender to the solicitor.
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   Advance
   A mortgage or loan
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   Advance
   to step forward
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    Advance
    a movement forward by step, cross, or balestra
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    advance
    Distance travelled by centre of gravity of a ship in a direction parallel to original course after the instant the rudder is put over. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • contract under which money or fungible goods are transferred to the borrower and an equivalent sum or quantity of goods of the same nature and quality must be returned to the lend...
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    advance
    The position of a character, or set of characters, in relation to the baseline. In DTP, the change is measured in points and a negative value moves the selected text upwards.
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    Advance
    Ad·vance' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Advanced ; present participle & verbal noun Advancing .] [ Middle English avancen , avauncen , French avancer , from a supposed Late Latin abantiare ; ab + ante (F. avant ) before. The spelling with d was a mistake, ...
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    Advance
    Ad·vance' intransitive verb 1. To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me. 2. To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price. 3. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted. « Advanced to a level with ancient peers. Prescott. »
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    Advance
    Ad·vance' noun [ Confer French avance , from avancer . See Advance , v. ] 1. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress. 2. Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office. 3. An addition to the ...
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    Advance
    Ad·vance' adjective Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced ; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.
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    advance
    1. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress. ... 2. Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office. ... 3. An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods. ... 4. The first step towards t ...
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    advance
    cash advance noun an amount paid before it is earned
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    advance
    throw out verb bring forward for consideration or acceptance; `advance an argument`
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    advance
    progress verb move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; `Time marches on`
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    advance
    verb pay in advance; `Can you advance me some money?`
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    advance
    verb cause to move forward; `Can you move the car seat forward?`
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    advance
    verb rise in rate or price; `The stock market gained 24 points today`
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    advance
    verb move forward; `we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward`
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    advance
    further verb contribute to the progress or growth of; `I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom`
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