According to its use, the word advance will refer to different issues.
Advance in time of something
The first reference that we will mention is the one that relates the term to a temporal issue, because an advance supposes precisely that, a temporary advance, an advance in time of something .
"In the novel of the night they always offer a preview of what will happen in the next chapter." "The previews of the movie premieres tell us that the new Shrek has a very good visual quality ."
The means of communication used to advance the resource notes, content and more to capture the attention of the public
Precisely in the field of mass communication media it is common to use the advance resource, also called advance, through which images of a topic, news, interview , among others, are advanced , which will be addressed during the program, with the clear intention of capturing the attention of the audience and that they stay watching the program in question until that note is issued.
In the case of soap operas or novels, as we just mentioned, it is also a common resource to offer the public a preview of the scenes corresponding to the next chapter, to make sure that the follower of the story will be attentive tomorrow in front of I teve it.
In these previews, previews, a series of scenes containing attractive and shocking passages of the story are chained, a fact that of course will guarantee even more that the public will turn on the television the next day to watch the novel or will wait for the news report .
Progress
Another use of the word advance is to refer to the progress of something or someone in a certain matter , that is, it would be a synonym of the word progress .
Human beings, due to a natural condition, always tend to advance, although of course, on many occasions we must face some conditions that will somehow hinder that advance, but of course, they can be overcome and there is fertile ground for advancement to occur.
In this sense, then, an advance will always be associated with an idea of change. Almost all the revolutions that have occurred in history, each one from its proposals and principles, supposed an advance precisely in what they promoted.
Money that someone anticipates
And the other use of the word advance is the one that refers to the money that someone advances to another person , generally it is given in terms of an employment relationship, or failing that there are institutions , such as financials or private companies, that offer this service for those facing an adverse economic situation.
In both cases, an employee who asks his immediate boss to please advance part of his salary because he has to face a debt, or the person who goes to these entities to request a cash advance, seeks the same , to solve a pressing economic situation, which, if this advance is not mediated, it could not be solved.
"Juan had to ask for an advance on his salary to pay for his wife's operation."
But they are not the only cases in which the action of advancing money to someone is common, it is also common for a company or professional before starting a job for which they were hired demands that an advance be paid to start to do it.
Then, once finished, it will charge the total of the budget that has been agreed.
In these cases, the payment, and therefore also the collection of an advance, has the double mission of guaranteeing that the work begins and also that the person who performs it receives a part of the payment in order, for example, to be able to pay for the materials involved in it. .
It is advisable to avoid complications or surprises is that the advance is delivered in a formal framework, that is, that the parties sign a contract or official receipt in which it is recorded that an advance of money is being delivered for the work and that a once it is finished, the balance will be canceled.
This acts as a legal guarantee and if any inconvenience arises with this receipt, a formal claim for non-compliance may be made.