an advance
Je lui ai demandé une avance, il a accepté.
I asked him for an advance, he accepted.
Is this an advance?
Une avance pour le brevet de mon stylo.
An advance on the patent for my pen.
— The Money Maker (2026)
Déjà, si je te donne une avance, t'auras rien le mois prochain, c'est évident.
For starters, if I give you an advance, you won't get anything next month. That's obvious.
— Yolo (2024)
It's an advance.