advance : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months)
  

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• noun an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology
  ARDA.
  

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• noun an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods
  
  • rent payable in advance constitutes an annuity in advance for the landlord

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• noun an amount paid before it is earned
  advance.
  

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• noun the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11
  DARPA.
  

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• noun a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector
  

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• adjective satellite situated ahead or going before
  advance; advanced.
  
  • an advance party
  • at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies
• adverb ahead of time; in anticipation
  beforehand; ahead.
  
  • when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount
  • We like to plan ahead
  • should have made reservations beforehand

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• (a) In front; before. (b) Beforehand; before an equivalent is received. (c) In the state of having advanced money on account; as, A is advance to B a thousand dollars or pounds.

Webster 1913

• noun a series with a definite pattern of advance
  progression.
  

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• noun the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
  lead.
  

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