advance

advance
advance [{{t}}əd'vɑ:ns]
1 transitive verb
(a) (move forward → clock, tape, film) faire avancer; (→ time, event, chess piece) avancer;
the date of the meeting was advanced by one week la réunion a été avancée d'une semaine
(b) (further → project, work) avancer; (→ interest, cause) promouvoir; (→ growth, development) accélérer;
this discovery has advanced our research by months cette découverte nous a fait gagner plusieurs mois de recherches
(c) (suggest → idea, proposition) avancer, mettre en avant; (→ opinion) avancer, émettre; (→ explanation) avancer
(d) {{}}Finance{{}} (money) avancer, faire une avance de;
we advanced her £100 on her salary nous lui avons avancé 100 livres sur son salaire;
we will advance him £500 before completion of the contract nous lui verserons un acompte de 500 livres avant l'achèvement des travaux;
sum advanced avance f, acompte m
(e) {{}}formal{{}} (increase) augmenter, hausser
2 intransitive verb
(a) (go forward) avancer, s'avancer;
to advance on or towards sth avancer ou s'avancer vers qch;
the army advanced on Paris l'armée avançait ou marchait sur Paris
(b) (make progress) avancer, progresser, faire des progrès
(c) (time) avancer, s'écouler; (evening, winter) avancer
(d) {{}}formal{{}} {{}}Commerce{{}} & {{}}Finance{{}} (price, shares, rent) augmenter (de prix), monter;
the shares advanced to their highest point in May les actions ont atteint leur valeur la plus haute au mois de mai
(e) (be promoted) avancer, obtenir de l'avancement; {{}}Military{{}} monter en grade
3 noun
(a) (forward movement) avance f, marche f en avant; {{}}Military{{}} avance f, progression f;
the enemy planned their advance on the city l'ennemi a organisé son avance ou sa marche sur la ville;
{{}}figurative{{}} the advance of old age le vieillissement
(b) (progress) progrès m;
the great advance in medicine le progrès ou les progrès en médecine
(c) {{}}Finance{{}} (of funds) avance f, acompte m;
he asked for an advance of £200 on his salary il a demandé une avance de 200 livres sur son salaire;
an advance on royalties une avance sur droits d'auteur;
advances on securities or against collateral prêts mpl sur titres
(d) {{}}formal{{}} {{}}Commerce{{}} & {{}}Finance{{}} (in price, rent) hausse f, augmentation f
(e) {{}}Commerce{{}} (increase at auction)
any advance? qui dit mieux?;
any advance on a hundred? cent, qui dit mieux?
4 compound-forming noun
(prior) préalable
5 advances plural noun
avances fpl;
to make advances to sb faire des avances à qn
6 in advance adverb
(beforehand → pay, thank) à l'avance, d'avance; (→ prepare, reserve, write, know) à l'avance;
well in advance largement à l'avance;
we had to pay two weeks in advance il a fallu qu'on paie deux semaines d'avance;
the agency asked for £50 in advance l'agence a demandé 50 livres d'avance;
thanking you in advance (in letter) en vous remerciant à l'avance, avec mes remerciements anticipés;
he sent the messenger on in advance (ahead) il a envoyé le messager devant
7 in advance of preposition
avant;
they arrived in advance of their guests ils sont arrivés en avance sur ou avant leurs invités;
their computer technology is far in advance of anything we have ils sont très en avance sur nous en matière d'informatique
►► {{}}Finance{{}} advance account compte m d'avances;
advance booking réservation f à l'avance;
advance booking is advisable il est recommandé de réserver à l'avance;
advance booking office guichet m de location;
advance copy (of book) exemplaire m de lancement; (of speech) texte m distribué à l'avance;
{{}}Finance{{}} advance dividend dividende m anticipé;
advance group (gen) groupe m de reconnaissance; {{}}Military{{}} détachement m précurseur;
{{}}Military{{}} advance guard avant-garde f;
{{}}American{{}} {{}}Politics{{}} advance man organisateur m de la publicité (pour une campagne politique);
advance notice préavis m, avertissement m;
advance party (gen) groupe m de reconnaissance; {{}}Military{{}} détachement m précurseur;
{{}}Finance{{}} advance payment paiement m anticipé, paiement m par anticipation;
{{}}Military{{}} advance post poste m avancé;
advance publicity publicité f d'amorçage;
Advance Purchase Excursion = tarif préférentiel sujet à des restrictions de délai d'achat;
advance warning avertissement m

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