avance
French → English
(finance) Advance: a sum of money paid before it is due or as a loan
L'employeur lui a accordé une avance sur son salaire de décembre.
(English) The employer granted him an advance on his December salary.
Il faut verser une avance pour réserver cette salle de réception.
(English) An advance must be paid to reserve this reception hall.
(time/distance) Lead: the amount by which someone is ahead of others
Le coureur a pris dix secondes d'avance sur le peloton au sprint.
(English) The runner took a ten-second lead over the pack during the sprint.
Nous sommes arrivés en avance au théâtre car il n'y avait pas de trafic.
(English) We arrived early at the theater because there was no traffic.
Entry ID: fr:en:avance · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary