( v. t. )
To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him.
( v. t. )
To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012