Advance
Encyclopedia
Advance may refer to:
- Advance, an offensiveOffensive (military)An offensive is a military operation that seeks through aggressive projection of armed force to occupy territory, gain an objective or achieve some larger strategic, operational or tactical goal...
push in sports, games, thoughts, military combat, or sexual or romantic pursuits - Advance paymentAdvance paymentAn advance payment, or simply an advance, is the part of a contractually due sum that is paid in advance for goods or services, while the balance included in the invoice will only follow the delivery. It is called a prepaid expense in accrual accounting.-See also:*Advance against royalties*Pay or...
for goods or services - Advance (blockade runner), a paddle steamer used as a blockade runner during the American Civil War
- Advance (English automobile), an English tricar
- Advance (horse)Advance (horse)Advance was one of the great Thoroughbred colts of the New Zealand turf. Crowd-pleasing, front-running colt won good races up to 1-1/2 miles, but "The Black Demon" was best known as a superior weight-carrier, one of the best, if not the best, of all time in New Zealand—in his 19 wins he carried...
, one of the great Thoroughbred colts of the New Zealand turf - Advance (album), a 1996 album by British techno act LFO
Ships
- Advance (1872)Advance (1872)The Advance was a wooden top sail schooner built in 1872 at Terrigal, that was wrecked when it missed stays whilst carrying ballast between Botany Bay and Port Stephens and was lost at Henry Head Bight, Botany Bay, New South Wales on 11 February 1884-Ship description and construction:The Advance...
, a wooden Top sail schooner - Advance (1874)Advance (1874)The Advance was a Composite Schooner built in 1874 at Auckland, that was wrecked when it drifted onto rocks whilst carrying ballast between Wollongong and Newcastle, New South Wales and was lost at Henrys Head, Botany Bay, New South Wales on 12 June 1902...
, a Composite Schooner - Advance (1884)Advance (1884)Advance The Advance was an iron screw steamer tug built in 1884 that was wrecked when it collided with the Inverna off Catherine Hill Bay, New South Wales on 25 December 1908.-Ship service history:...
, an Iron Steamer screw Tug - Advance (1903)Advance (1903)Advance The Advance was a diesel powered wooden carvel schooner built in 1903 at Kaipara, that was wrecked at Wreck Bay, New South Wales in 1915.-Further reading:Online Database'sAustralian National Shipwreck Database...
, a diesel powered wooden carvel schooner - Advance (ship)Advance (ship)The Advance was a screw steamer that was wrecked when it sprang a leak whilst carrying tea-tree saplings between Taree, New South Wales and Coopernook...
, a screw steamer
Organizations
- Advance (trade union), a trade union based in the United Kingdom
- Advance PublicationsAdvance PublicationsAdvance Publications, Inc., is an American media company owned by the descendants of S.I. Newhouse Sr., Donald Newhouse and S.I. Newhouse, Jr. It is named after the Staten Island Advance, the first newspaper owned by the Newhouse family...
, an American media company- Advance InternetAdvance InternetAdvance Internet is an American media company owned by the descendants of Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr.. Its focus is in the creation of local news and information web sites, and was formed in alliance with over 25 newspapers affiliated with Advance Publications Inc...
, an American media company - Advance NewspapersAdvance NewspapersAdvance Newspapers, based in Hudsonville, Michigan, publishes weekly community newspapers for Kent County, Michigan and portions of Muskegon, Ottawa, and Allegan counties. Advance Newspapers started as an independent company...
, based in Hudsonville, Michigan
- Advance Internet
- Barrie AdvanceBarrie Advance-History:The newspaper was founded in 1987 by Metroland Media Group. Shortly after publishing its first issue, the Advance purchased the former Barrie Banner, a community newspaper with more than 20-years history in the Barrie area...
, a weekly newspaper serving Barrie, Ontario
United States
- Advance, CaliforniaAdvance, CaliforniaAdvance is an unincorporated community in Tulare County, California, United States. Advance is north of Three Rivers. Advance was the site of the Kaweah Cooperative Colony, an experimental socialist which existed from 1885 to 1891. A post office opened in the community in 1890; it was moved to...
- Advance, IndianaAdvance, IndianaAdvance is a town in Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana, United States. The population was 477 at the 2010 census.-History:The town was platted in 1820 and was originally called Osceola; however, there was already a town of that name in the state, and so the name of Advance was chosen "in...
- Advance, Michigan
- Advance, MissouriAdvance, MissouriAdvance is a small, fourth-class city located at the intersection of State Highway 25 and State Highway 91/Route C in northern Stoddard County, Missouri in the United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city's population was 1,244; a July 2007 estimate, however, showed the population to be 1,221...
- Advance, North CarolinaAdvance, North CarolinaAdvance is an unincorporated community located in Davie County, North Carolina. It has a total land area of and is located along NC 801 and US 158 just south of Bermuda Run near the western bank of the Yadkin River. Advance is a part of the Piedmont Triad and is home to Shady Grove Elementary School...
- Advance, WisconsinAdvance, WisconsinAdvance is an unincorporated community located in the town of Green Valley, Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. Advance is located at the junction of county highways C and E east-southeast of Cecil....
- Advance Township, North Dakota