Definition for Advances:

• Moneys paid before or in advance of the proper time of payment; money or commodities furnished on credit; a loan or gift, or money advanced to be repaid conditionally. Vail v. Vail, 10 Barb. ( N. Y.) 69. This word, when taken in its strict legal sense, does not mean gifts, ( advancements,) and does mean a sort of loan; and, when taken in its ordinary and usual sense, it includes both loans and gifts,

Synonyms for Advances:

• n.

  •loans (noun)
  • debts,
  • credits.
  •offers (noun)
  • presents,
  • invitations,
  • investitures,
  • citations,
  • donations,
  • overtures,
  • submissions,
  • gifts,
  • quotations,
  • issues,
  • attempts,
  • bids,
  • deals,
  • concessions,
  • Endowments,
  • offerings,
  • Grants,
  • offers.

• v.

  •approaches (verb)
  • approaches,
  • closes,
  • Comes,
  • accesses,
  • looms,
  • converges,
  • Gains,
  • nears,
  • impends.
  •benefits (verb)
  • avails,
  • does good,
  • contributes,
  • serves,
  • helps,
  • assists,
  • favors,
  • betters.
  •expedites (verb)
  • Hurries,
  • promotes,
  • hastens,
  • accelerates,
  • facilitates,
  • Quickens,
  • expedites,
  • furthers.
  •facilitates (verb)
  • eases,
  • simplifies,
  • aids,
  • encourages.
  •improves (verb)
  • improves,
  • enhances,
  • elaborates,
  • refines,
  • enriches,
  • corrects,
  • progresses,
  • renovates,
  • embellishes,
  • garnishes.
  •increases (verb)
  • boosts,
  • enlarges,
  • fattens,
  • broadens,
  • heightens,
  • lengthens,
  • elevates,
  • augments,
  • adds,
  • magnifies,
  • extends,
  • reinforces,
  • upgrades,
  • burgeons,
  • increases,
  • grows,
  • raises,
  • multiplies,
  • increments,
  • maximizes,
  • amplifies,
  • accrues,
  • widens,
  • expands,
  • inflates.
  •lends (verb)
  • mortgages,
  • lets,
  • leases,
  • Lends,
  • loans,
  • pawns,
  • sublets.
  •offers (verb)
  • submits,
  • bestows,
  • imparts,
  • renders,
  • cites,
  • Gives,
  • quotes,
  • tenders,
  • invites,
  • endows.
  •progresses (verb)
  • proceeds.

Homophones for Advances:

• Aythya Affinis.