🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

anticipo di contanti

Pronunciation / Transliteration: an-tí-chi-po di kon-tán-ti

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cash advance/ˈkæʃ ədˌvæns/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha dovuto prelevare un anticipo di contanti in aeroporto."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A quick, short-term loan provided by a credit card company or bank, allowing a cardholder to withdraw physical currency against their available credit line.

    "He took out a cash advance on his credit card to cover the emergency car repair."
  2. 2

    An early payment of funds provided to an employee or contractor against future earnings or services rendered.

    "The author requested a cash advance on royalties to fund her upcoming research trip."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'cash' (derived from Middle French 'caisse', meaning money box, ultimately from Old Italian 'cassa') and 'advance' (from Old French 'avancer', derived from Latin 'abante', meaning before or forward). Historically emerging in modern banking and commercial terminology during the late 19th and 20th centuries, it evolved to describe a short-term loan provided instantly by a bank or credit card issuer.

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