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Definition of advance : 1. A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received ( as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.
2. An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.
3. 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.
4. Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.
5. The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.
6. The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; - usually in the plural.
7. To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.
8. To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
9. To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.
10. To extol; to laud.
11. To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him.
12. To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.
13. To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
14. To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.
15. To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.
16. To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
17. To raise; to elevate.
18. To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.

Synonyms:

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ease, aid, simplify, encourage

concession, offer, issue, overture, investiture, endow, gift, present, offering, tender, impart, endowment, render, cite, attempt, submission, deal, submit, bestow, donation, citation, bestowal, give, invite, quotation, quote, grant, bid, invitation

enhance, improve, correct, renovate, garnish, embellish, elaborate, refine, enrich, progress

stride

favor, contribute, help, serve, better, do good, avail, assist

proceed

hurry, further, promote, quicken, facilitate, hasten, expedite, accelerate

allowance, accommodation, debt, credit

enlarge, increment, raise, magnify, upgrade, elevate, boost, heighten, multiply, accrue, reinforce, extend, increase, expand, amplify, inflate, broaden, maximize, grow, burgeon, fatten, widen, augment, add, lengthen

let, loan, lend, lease, mortgage, sublet, pawn

come, access, impend, converge, gain, loom, approach, close, near

Usage examples:

• So did the advance man of another gang. - "Shorty McCabe", Sewell Ford.
• I'll pay in advance if you like." - "Tom Brown at Oxford", Thomas Hughes.
• Perhaps you've taken some money in advance... - "Virgin Soil", Ivan S. Turgenev.