Advance commonly refers to: *Advance, an offensive push in sports, games, thoughts, military combat, or sexual or romantic pursuits * Advance payment for goods or services *

Advance against royalties In the field of intellectual property licensing, an advance against royalties is a payment made by the licensee to the licensor at the start of the period of licensing (usually immediately upon contract, or on delivery of the property being lice ...

, a payment to be offset against future royalty payments Advance may also refer to:

Media

* ''Advance'' (newspaper), a Sudanese newspaper *

Advance Publications Advance Publications, Inc. is a privately held American media company owned by the families of Donald Newhouse and Samuel Irving Newhouse Jr., the sons of company founder Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr. It owns publishing-related companies inc ...

, an American media company headquartered in New York City ** Advance Digital, part of Advance Local, owned by Advance Publications **

Advance Newspapers Advance Newspapers, based in Hudsonville, Michigan, published weekly community newspapers for Kent County, Michigan and portions of Muskegon, Ottawa, and Allegan counties. Advance Newspapers started as an independent company, later purchased by ...

, former company based in Hudsonville, Michigan, later bought by Advance Publications, defunct 2019 *'' Barrie Advance'', a weekly newspaper serving Barrie, Ontario

Music

* ''Advance'' (album), a 1996 album by British techno act LFO *'' Advance!'', a jazz album by drummer Philly Joe Jones * Advance/Mata Asa ga Kuru, song by Tokio

Organizations

* Advance (lobby group), a conservative political lobby group in Australia (formerly Advance Australia) * Advance (trade union), a trade union based in the United Kingdom * Advance New Zealand Party, abbreviated as Advance NZ or Advance, a political party active from 2020 to 2021 * Advance New Zealand (1995), a former political party in New Zealand * Advance Thun SA, a Swiss paraglider manufacturer based in Thun *

Advance Together Advance Together (often shortened to Advance) was a British political party. The party was led by Annabel Mullin, a former Liberal Democrat member and parliamentary candidate for Kensington. It was registered with the Electoral Commission on 22 Fe ...

, abbreviated as Advance, a short-lived British political party

Places

Canada

* Advance, Ontario

United States

* Advance, California * Advance, Indiana * Flatwoods, Kentucky, originally known as Advance *

Advance, Michigan Advance is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwes ...

Advance, Missouri Advance is a town located at the intersection of State Highway 25 and State Highway 91/Route C in northern Stoddard County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,349 at the 2020 census. Advance was founded ''circa'' 1882. The town is pro ...

Advance, North Carolina Advance (pronounced ad-vance) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Davie County, North Carolina, United States. It is 75 miles northeast of Charlotte. The population was 1,499 at the 2020 census. It is located alo ...

Advance, Ohio Advance is an unincorporated community at the junction of Dover, Chesterfield, and Pike Townships, in Fulton County, Ohio, United States, which is also the junction of County Road M and County Road 13. History Advance had a United States Post ...

Advance, Wisconsin Advance is an unincorporated community located in the town of Green Valley, Shawano County, Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It bo ...

Advance Township, North Dakota Advance Township (formerly Avon Township) is a township in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. At the time of the 2000 Census, its population was 143, with an estimated 122 people as of 2009. History Advance Township was organized in 1 ...

Ships

* ''Advance'' (or ''A. D. Vance''), a Confederate blockade runner (1863-1864) * ''Advance'' (1872), a wooden Top sail schooner * ''Advance'' (1874), a Composite Schooner * ''Advance'' (1884), an Iron Steamer screw Tug * ''Advance'' (1903), a diesel powered wooden carvel schooner * ''Advance'' (shipwrecked 1933), a screw steamer *, several ships of the US Navy

Other uses

Advance (English automobile) The Advance was an English tricar producing 6 hp (4.5 kW) offered from 1902 to 1912 by a Northampton motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightwe ...

, an English tricar * Advance (Australian motorcycle), a built-to-order bike 1905–1906 * Advance (horse), a Thoroughbred horse *

Game Boy Advance The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international markets that June. It was later released in mainland China in 2004, under the name iQue Game Boy Advanc ...

, a 2001 Nintendo handheld *

Game Boy Advance SP The Game Boy Advance SP (SP stands for "Special") is a 32-bit handheld game console made by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on February 14, 2003, and to international markets in March. This model is an upgraded version of the Game Boy Advance ...

, the 2003 successor * Nilfisk-Advance, a brand of cleaning equipment