advances is a form of:

Advance



noun
1.
(A forward movement, gradual approach, paying out of money before due, increase in price, expansion of knowledge) ការជឿនលឿនទៅមុខ
Example: Advance him money on his wages, Advance a suggestion, The army has made an advance, This invention is a great advance. advance in value ការឡើងថ្លៃ
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) បុរេប្រទាន, ចលនារុលទៅមុខ, ការចម្រើនទៅមុខ
adjective
1.
Advance payment ប្រាក់បើកឲ្យមុន
verb — past tense: advanced ; past participle: advanced ; present participle: advancing ;
1.
ជឿនលឿន, ចម្រើន, អោយប្រាក់មុន, ឡើងថ្លៃ, ដាក់ស្នើ, ដំឡើង
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) ~ (on / towards somebody / something) troops advance ទៅមុខ, ចូលទៅមុខ countries advance ជឿនលឿន, ចម្រើនលូតលាស់ដើរទៅមុខ advance in value ឡើងថ្លៃ
3.
(TRANSITIVE) (Bring forward, encourage, pay beforehand, go, forward, forward, go up it rank, price, etc., promote, progress, propose as a claim, supply beforehand) រុញ, លូក, ជ្រុលទៅមុខ, ដើរទៅមុខ, ដើរទៅមុន, បានចម្រើន, ដើរលឿនពេក, លយទៅមុខ, ជិតបានសម្រេច, ឲ្យទៅមុខ, ឲ្យចូលទៅមុខ advance a cause ជួយឧបត្ថម្ភ advance someone in rank ដំឡើងស័ក្ដិ advance funds ឲ្យប្រាក់មុនកំណត់ពេលត្រូវឲ្យ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.
2.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.
3.
The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural.
4.
A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.
adjective
1.
Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.
verb — past tense: advanced ; past participle: advanced ; present participle: advancing ;
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(TRANSITIVE) To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To raise to a higher rank; to promote.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.
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(TRANSITIVE) To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.
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(TRANSITIVE) To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.
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(TRANSITIVE) 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.
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(TRANSITIVE) To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.
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(INTRANSITIVE) To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.
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(INTRANSITIVE) To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.
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(INTRANSITIVE) To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.
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Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.
1.
aggrandize, elevate, forward, further, promote, adduce, allege, assign, bring forward, offer, propose, propound, improve, proceed, progress, rise, thrive, augment, enlarge, increase
2.
aggrandize, elevate, forward, further, promote, adduce, allege, assign, bring forward, offer, propose, propound, improve, proceed, progress, rise, thrive, augment, enlarge, increase
1.
hinder, oppose
2.
hinder, oppose
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To raise, to elevate
2.
To extol, to laud