advance
/ədˈvæns/ sustantivo B2En español: avance, progreso, adelanto, insinuación
- A forward move; improvement or progression. · an advance in health or knowledge· an advance in rank or office
- An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
- An addition to the price; rise in price or value. · an advance on the prime cost of goods
- An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
Plural advances
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Led on by some rudimentary aspirations towards right, and encouraged by the judicious stimulation of an occasional ten-pound note sent to him by devious methods, he has once or twice given me advance information which has been of value—that highest value which anticipates and prevents rather than avenges crime.
It was nightfall before Inspector MacDonald and White Mason came back from their expedition, and they arrived exultant, reporting a great advance in our investigation.
“You are mistaken; he will not advance two leagues into the interior of France without being followed, tracked, and caught like a wild beast.”
I shall let you have a report before evening, but I warn you in advance that you have little to expect.”
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