in advance
/ɪn ədˈvæns/
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Collocation
Meaning
Before a particular time, event, or action occurs.
You need to book your train tickets weeks in advance during the holidays.
Did you let the team know about the schedule change in advance?
As a prepayment before goods are received or services are rendered.
The landlord requires tenants to pay the first month of rent in advance.
Freelancers often request a portion of the fee in advance.
How it's used
This means “prepayment”
- pay rent in advance
The contractor asked us to pay half the cost in advance.
Collocations
- thank you in advance
Synonyms
- beforehand
- ahead of time
- upfront
Antonyms
- afterward
- in arrears
Idioms
in advance of
prior to or ahead of someone or something
Security teams arrived in advance of the president's visit.