Advance
(Ad*vance"), n. [Cf. F. avance, fr. 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 price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.
4. 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.
[He] made the like advances to the dissenters.
Swift.
5. A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment
beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.
I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances.
Jay.
The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made.
Kent.
In advance (a) In front; before. (b) Beforehand; before an equivalent is received. (c) In the state of
having advanced money on account; as, A is in advance to B a thousand dollars or pounds.
Advance
(Ad*vance") a. 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.
Advanced
(Ad*vanced") a.
1. In the van or front.
2. In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.
3. Far on in life or time.
A gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles.
Hawthorne.
Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedes the march of the main body.
Advancement
(Ad*vance"ment) n. [OE. avancement, F. avancement. See Advance, v. t.]
1. The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion
to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.
In heaven . . . every one (so well they love each other) rejoiceth and hath his part in each other's advancement.
Sir
T. More.
True religion . . . proposes for its end the joint advancement of the virtue and happiness of the people.
Horsley.
2. An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
3. (Law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
4. Settlement on a wife, or jointure. [Obs.] Bacon.
