ứng trước
Definition
- Verb:
- To advance (money): To provide money or funds before the usual time of payment or before a service is fully rendered. It implies a payment made in anticipation of future goods, services, or reimbursement.
- To prepay: To pay for something before it is received or before it is due.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Công ty ứng trước cho nhân viên một khoản tiền để đi công tác. (The company advanced the employee a sum of money for a business trip.)
- Khách hàng phải ứng trước 50% giá trị hợp đồng. (The customer must prepay 50% of the contract value.)
- Tôi đã ứng trước tiền thuê nhà cho tháng tới. (I advanced the rent money for next month.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily used in financial, business, and contractual contexts. It focuses on the action of providing money early, often creating a debt or obligation to be settled later through completed work, delivered goods, or a future accounting period.
Variants and Related Words
- Tạm ứng (v): to make an advance payment, often as a temporary or partial payment. This is a very close synonym.
- Anh ấy xin tạm ứng lương. (He requested a salary advance.)
- Ứng tiền (v): to advance money (a more general phrase).
- Tôi cần ứng tiền để sửa xe. (I need to get an advance to repair the car.)
Synonyms
- Advance: To supply or pay (money) before it is due.
- Prepay: To pay for something in advance.
- Front (money): (Informal) To provide money ahead of time.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Ứng trước chi phí: to advance costs/expenses.
- Cần ứng trước chi phí nguyên vật liệu. (It is necessary to advance the cost of materials.)
- Ứng trước lương: to receive a salary advance.
- Nhân viên được phép ứng trước lương không quá 50%. (Employees are allowed a salary advance of no more than 50%.)