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advance — [adj] ahead in position or time beforehand, earlier, early, first, foremost, forward, in front, in the forefront, in the lead, leading, previously, prior; concepts 583,585,799 Ant. after, behind advance [n1] forward movement advancement, headway … New thesaurus
Advance to Boardwalk — is a spin off of the Parker Brothers board game Monopoly. Like its progenitor, its setting is the real estate world in Atlantic City, New Jersey, but focuses only on the boardwalk area. It involves the building of hotels, which are constructed by … Wikipedia
Advance corporation tax — (ACT) was the scheme under which companies made an advance payment of corporation tax when they distributed dividend payments to shareholders. This payment was then offset against the company s final corporation tax bill. Certain recipients, such … Wikipedia
advance fee — ➔ fee * * * advance fee UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► money that you pay to a person or company before receiving something such as a loan or investment: »Some ATMs charge you a cash advance fee of $3 when you take money out of the machine … Financial and business terms
Advance Party (film series) — Advance Party is the name given to a concept of three films which are all to follow a set of rules proposed by executive producers Lone Scherfig and Anders Thomas Jensen. The concept came out of discussion between Lars von Trier, Scherfig and… … Wikipedia
advance fee scheme — UK US noun [C] (also advance fee fraud) COMMERCE ► a dishonest business activity in which companies take money from customers as part of the payment for a loan, investment, etc. but never lend them the money, make the investment for them, etc … Financial and business terms
advance factory — noun One built to encourage development, in the belief that a firm will take it over • • • Main Entry: ↑advance … Useful english dictionary
take something as it comes — phrase to not worry about something before it happens and deal with it calmly when it does happen We’re just taking each day as it comes. Thesaurus: to be, or to become calm and stop worryingsynonym Main entry: come * * * take sth as it ˈcomes |… … Useful english dictionary
take somebody as they come — take sth as it ˈcomes | take sb as they ˈcome idiom to accept sth/sb without wishing it/them to be different or without thinking about it/them very much in advance • She takes life as it comes. Main entry: ↑takeidiom … Useful english dictionary
Advance-fee fraud — African sting An advance fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain.[1] Among the variations on this type of scam are the Nigerian Letter (also… … Wikipedia
