advance payment

noun

The part of a contractually due sum that is paid or received in advance for a good, service or social security.

“Near-synonym: down payment”

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advance[Appendix:Glossaryup-front moneyfront moneydown payment
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Meanings

nounadvance payment (countable and uncountable, plural advance payments)

plural advance payments

  1. countableuncountableThe part of a contractually due sum that is paid or received in advance for a good, service or social security.

    Near-synonym: down payment

    Synonyms: advance[Appendix:Glossary, up-front money, front money, down payment

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe part of a contractually due sum that is paid or received in advance for a good, service or social security.

Similar
advance[Appendix:Glossaryup-front moneyfront moneydown payment
Also see
front money

Translations

Arabic دَفْع مُسْبَق
  • دَفْع مُسْبَق (dafʕ musbaq)part of a contractually due sum
Bulgarian аванс, предплата
  • аванс (avans)part of a contractually due sum
  • предплата (predplata)part of a contractually due sum
  • предплащане (predplaštane)part of a contractually due sum
  • капаро (kaparo)part of a contractually due sum
Chinese Mandarin 預付款 /预付款
  • 預付款 /预付款 (yùfùkuǎn)part of a contractually due sum
Danish forskud, forskudsbetaling
  • forskudpart of a contractually due sum
  • forskudsbetalingpart of a contractually due sum
  • forudbetalingpart of a contractually due sum
Dutch voorschot
  • voorschotpart of a contractually due sum
Finnish ennakkomaksu
  • ennakkomaksupart of a contractually due sum
French avance, acompte
  • avancepart of a contractually due sum
  • acomptepart of a contractually due sum
  • arrhespart of a contractually due sum
German Vorkasse, Vorauszahlung
  • Vorkassepart of a contractually due sum
  • Vorauszahlungpart of a contractually due sum
Hindi अग्रिम, अग्रिम भुगतान
  • अग्रिम (agrim)part of a contractually due sum
  • अग्रिम भुगतान (agrim bhugtān)part of a contractually due sum
Icelandic fyrirframgreiðsla, fyrirframborgun
  • fyrirframgreiðslapart of a contractually due sum
  • fyrirframborgunpart of a contractually due sum
Japanese 前渡金
  • 前渡金part of a contractually due sum
Norwegian Bokmål forhåndsbetaling, forskuddsbetaling
  • forhåndsbetalingpart of a contractually due sum
  • forskuddsbetalingpart of a contractually due sum
Polish akonto, zaliczka
  • akontopart of a contractually due sum
  • zaliczkapart of a contractually due sum
  • awanspart of a contractually due sum
  • zadatekpart of a contractually due sum
Portuguese adiantamento
  • adiantamentopart of a contractually due sum
Romanian plată în avans, avans
  • plată în avanspart of a contractually due sum
  • avanspart of a contractually due sum
  • acontpart of a contractually due sum
Russian ава́нс, зада́ток
  • ава́нс (aváns)part of a contractually due sum
  • зада́ток (zadátok)part of a contractually due sum
  • предопла́та (predopláta)part of a contractually due sum
Spanish adelanto
  • adelantopart of a contractually due sum
Swedish förskottsbetalning, förskottslikvid
  • förskottsbetalningpart of a contractually due sum
  • förskottslikvidpart of a contractually due sum
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Chicago

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