CASH ADVANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cash advance mean? 

• CASH ADVANCE (noun)
  The noun CASH ADVANCE has 1 sense:

1. an amount paid before it is earned

  Familiarity information: CASH ADVANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASH ADVANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An amount paid before it is earned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

advance; cash advance

Hypernyms ("cash advance" is a kind of...):

amount; amount of money; sum; sum of money (a quantity of money)

 Context examples 

I tell you this because I feel you can do so well this year working mainly on commission as I did, or from a royalty plus a cash advance (as writers do).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

On the other hand, you may receive a hefty cash advance on a book you will soon begin to write. All this is so exciting.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It seems you will combine your money with another person, perhaps through a performance-based income, such as by commission, royalty, licensing fee, bonus, or cash advance, as some examples.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Specifically, you will do well in one or more of these areas—by a payment of commission, royalty, cash advance, licensing fee, bonus, or such outside sources as an inheritance, insurance claim payment, scholarship or university financial aid, bank loan or line of credit, venture capital, credit card, mortgage or refinanced mortgage, divorce or court settlement, or prize winnings.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)