National Definition–adjective | 1. | of, pertaining to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs. |
| 2. | owned, preserved, or maintained by the federal government: a national wildlife refuge. |
| 3. | peculiar or common to the whole people of a country: national customs. |
| 4. | devoted to one's own nation, its interests, etc.; patriotic: to stir up national pride. |
| 6. | concerning or encompassing an entire nation: a national radio network. |
–noun | 8. | a citizen or subject of a particular nation who is entitled to its protection: U.S. nationals living abroad. |
| 9. | Often, nationals. a national competition, tournament, or the like: We're invited to Minneapolis for the nationals. |
| 10. | a national company or organization. |
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Cash Definition–noun | 1. | money in the form of coins or banknotes, esp. that issued by a government. |
| 2. | money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase. |
–verb (used with object) | 3. | to give or obtain cash for (a check, money order, etc.). |
| 4. | Cards. | a. | to win (a trick) by leading an assured winner. |
| b. | to lead (an assured winner) in order to win a trick: He cashed his ace and led the queen. |
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—Verb phrases| 5. | cash in, | a. | to turn in and get cash for (one's chips), as in a gambling casino. |
| b. | to end or withdraw from a business agreement; convert one's assets into cash. |
| c. | Slang. to die: After her parents cashed in, she lived with her grandmother. |
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| 6. | cash in on, to profit from; use to one's advantage: swindlers who cash in on the credulity of the public. |
—Idiom| 7. | cash in one's chips, Slang. to die. |
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Advance Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position. |
| 2. | to bring into consideration or notice; suggest; propose: to advance reasons for a tax cut. |
| 3. | to improve; further:
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| 4. | to raise in rank; promote: The board of directors advanced him to president. |
| 5. | to raise in rate or amount; increase: to advance the price. |
| 6. | to bring forward in time; accelerate: to advance growth; to advance clocks one hour. |
| 7. | to supply beforehand; furnish on credit or before goods are delivered or work is done. |
| 8. | to furnish as part of
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| 9. | to supply or pay in expectation of reimbursement: They advanced her $5000 against future royalties. |
| 10. | to schedule at a later time or date: to advance a meeting from early to late fall. |
| 11. | Informal. to do advance publicity for: to advance a rock singer's personal appearances; the most heavily advanced sports event in history. |
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–verb (used without object) | 13. | to move or go forward; proceed: The troops advanced. |
| 14. | to increase in quantity, value, price, etc.: His stock advanced three points. |
| 15. | (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move toward or be perceived as moving toward an observer, esp. as giving the illusion of space. Compare recede1 (def. 3). |
| 16. | to improve or make progress. |
| 17. | to grow or rise in importance, status, etc.: to advance in rank. |
| 18. | Informal. to provide publicity; do promotion: He was hired to advance for a best-selling author. |
–noun | 19. | a forward movement; progress in space: the advance of the troops to the border. |
| 20. | promotion; improvement in importance, rank, etc.: his advance to the position of treasurer. |
| 21. | Usually, advances. | a. | attempts at forming an acquaintanceship, reaching an agreement, or the like, made by one party. |
| b. | actions or words intended to be sexually inviting. |
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| 22. | addition to price; rise in price: an advance on cottons. |
| 23. | Commerce. | a. | a giving beforehand; a furnishing of something before an equivalent is received: An advance on his next month's salary permitted him to pay his debt on time. |
| b. | the money or goods thus furnished: He received $100 as an advance against future delivery. |
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| 24. | Journalism. | a. | copy prepared before the event it describes has occurred: The morning papers carried advances on the ceremony, which will take place tonight. |
| b. | a press release, wire-service dispatch, or the like, as one containing the text or partial text of a speech, sent to arrive in advance of the event to which it is related. Compare release copy. |
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| 26. | Military. (formerly) the order or a signal to advance. |
| 27. | Informal. | a. | publicity done before the appearance of a noted person, a public event, etc.: She was hired to do advance for the candidate. |
| b. | a person hired to do advance publicity for an event: He is regarded as the best advance in the business. |
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| 28. | Automotive, Machinery. an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine to generate the spark for ignition in each cylinder earlier in the cycle. Compare retard (def. 5). |
| 29. | Geology. a seaward movement of the shoreline. |
–adjective | 30. | going or placed before: an advance section of a train. |
| 31. | made or given ahead of time: an advance payment on a loan. |
| 32. | issued ahead of time: an advance copy of the President's speech. |
| 33. | having gone beyond others or beyond the average. |
—Idioms| 34. | in advance, ahead of time; beforehand: You must get your
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| 35. | in advance of, in front of; before: Heralds walked in advance of the king. |
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