advance-fee

ad·vance-fee

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ad-vans, -vahns fee]
- /ædˈvæns, -ˈvɑns fi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ad-vans, -vahns fee]
- /ædˈvæns, -ˈvɑns fi/

Definitions of advance-fee word

noun advance-fee money paid in advance, as for goods or services, to a commission agent or the like. 1
noun advance-fee capital necessary to begin a business enterprise. 1
noun advance-fee Also called advance fee. money furnished by a company to a financier under a promise to procure funds for it. 1

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Origin of advance-fee

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Advance-fee

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Advance-fee

advance-fee popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.