Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Jul. 2010
According to its use, the word advancement he will refer different questions.
Advance in time of something
The first reference that we will mention is the one that relates the term to a temporal issue, because an advance supposes precisely that, a temporal advance, an advance in time of something.
"In the novel at night they always offer a preview of what will happen in the next chapter ”. "The previews of the premieres of movie theater, they tell us that the new Shrek has a quality very good visual ”.
The means of communication use the feature of forwarding notes, content and more to capture the attention of the public
Precisely in the field of mass communication media, it is common to use the advance resource, also called advance payment, through which images of a topic, news, interview, among others, which will be addressed in the course of the program, with the clear intention of catching the audience's attention and that they remain watching the program in question until that note is issued.
In the case of soap operas or novels, as we just mentioned, it is also a common resource to offer the public a preview of the scenes corresponding to the next chapter, to make sure that the follower of the story will be attentive tomorrow in front of I teve it.
In these advances, advances, a series of scenes containing attractive and shocking passages of history are chained, fact which of course will guarantee even more that the public will turn on the television the next day to see the novel or will be waiting for the report from the newscast.
Progress
Another use of the word advance is to refer to the progress of something or someone on a certain issue, namely, would be a synonym of the word progress.
Human beings, due to a natural condition, always tend to advance, although of course, on many occasions we must face some conditions that will somehow hinder that advance, but of course, they can be overcome and there is fertile ground for the advancement.
In this sense, then, an advance will always be associated with an idea of change. Almost all the revolutions that have occurred in history, each one from its proposals and principles, an advance precisely in what they promoted.
Money that someone anticipates
And the other use of the word advance is the one that refers to money that someone advances to another person, generally occurs in terms of an employment relationship, or failing that there are institutions, such as financial companies or private companies, that offer this service for those who face an adverse economic situation.
In both cases, an employee who asks his immediate boss to please advance part of the salary because he must face a debt, or the person who addresses these entities to request a cash advance, seek the same, to solve a pressing economic situation, which, if this advance is not mediated, it would not be possible to sort out.
"Juan had to ask for an advance on his salary to pay for the operation of his wife."
But they are not the only cases in which the action of advancing money to someone is common, it is also common for a company or professional Before starting a job for which you were hired, demand that an advance be paid to you to start doing it.
Then, once finished, it will charge the total of the budget that has been agreed.
In these cases, the payment, and therefore also the collection of an advance, has the double mission of guaranteeing that the work is carried out. begins and also that the one who performs it receives a part of the payment in order for example to be able to pay for the materials involved in the same.
It is advisable to avoid complications or surprises is that the advance is delivered in a formal framework, that is, that the parties sign a contract or receipt official in which it is recorded that an advance of money is being delivered for the work and that once it is finished the balance will be canceled.
This acts as a legal guarantee and if any inconvenience arises with this receipt, a formal claim for non-compliance may be made.
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