# аванс
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French avance, from avancer (“to advance”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈvans]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ава́нс • (aváns) m (relational adjective ава́нсов)
* advance, imprest (amount of money, paid before it is due)
* handicap (an allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race, or other contest of skill, to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success)
    Synonym: преднина́ (predniná)
* lead (precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, a lead of a boat’s length, or of half a second; the state of being ahead in a race)
    Synonym: преднина́ (predniná)

#### Derived terms

* ава́нсирам (avánsiram)

### References

* “аванс”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “аванс”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ава̀нс”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 2
* “аванс”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 16

### Anagrams

* саван (savan)

## Kazakh
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ава́нс (aváns), from French avance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈvans]

### Noun

аванс • (avans)
* (finance) advance, imprest (amount of money, paid before it is due)

#### Synonyms

* алғытөлем (alğytölem)

#### Derived terms

* авансты (avansty)
* аванстық (avanstyq)
* авансылау (avansylau)

## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈvans]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

аванс • (avans) m (relational adjective авансен)
* advance payment

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “аванс” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Russian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French avance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈvans]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ава́нс • (aváns) m inan (genitive ава́нса, nominative plural ава́нсы, genitive plural ава́нсов, relational adjective ава́нсовый, diminutive ава́нсик)
* advance (of money), prepayment, payment on account
    Synonym: зада́ток m (zadátok)
* (figurative, in the plural) advances, overtures

#### Descendants

* → Kazakh: аванс (avans)
* → Komi-Yazva: өванс (åvans)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From French avance.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎʋans/
* Hyphenation: а‧ванс

### Noun

а̀ванс m (Latin spelling àvans)
* advance, advance payment

#### Declension
### References

* “аванс”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈʋans]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ава́нс • (aváns) m inan (genitive ава́нсу, nominative plural ава́нси, genitive plural ава́нсів)
* advance, imprest (amount of money, paid before it is due)

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “аванс”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka