n.1 words given or offered as an opinion or recommendation about future action or behaviour.
2 information given; news.
3 formal notice of a transaction.
4 (in pl.) communications from a distance.
Phrases and idioms:
take advice
1. obtain advice, esp. from an expert.
2 act according to advice given.
Etymology: ME f. OF avis f. L ad to + visum past part. of videre see