The phrase "a total advance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a complete or significant progress or improvement in a particular context, such as technology, research, or personal development.
Example: "The new software represents a total advance in data processing capabilities, making tasks much more efficient."
Alternatives: "a complete improvement" or "a significant progress".
It was Book One of a two-book deal, for a total advance of about $25,000.
At five books for a total advance of $64 million, the contract made her the highest-paid female author in the world, per book, according to most industry estimates.
During the past month, future prices crossed the 22-cent level and showed a total advance of 1,000 points, or $50 a bale in only about 8 months, one of the most rapid bull markets in the long and checkered career of King Cotton".
A book deal, in combination with his wife Michelle, with a total advance reported to be in the $65 million range.
The attack was resumed at 7 30 a.m. through the village, taking Noble's Farm, Meunier House and then Tracas Farm, a total advance of 1000 yards.
In the summer of 2011 the fund was opened to a group of outside investors who had made a total advance commitment of US$7.5 billion.
That's on top of an 11-mile growth that occurred in the second two weeks of December — representing a 17-mile total advance in not much more than a month.
Negotiating a total in advance is recommended but you can also keep the meter running on the same time just to see how much it actually ends up.
The West End version of the Mel Brooks Broadway hit, which opened at Theater Royal Drury Lane on Tuesday night, drew raves from most of the critics who reviewed the show overnight; by lunchtime yesterday $372,000 in fresh ticket sales had brought the total advance to $9.3 million, said David Ian, a co-producer.
The total advance guarantees may come to almost double the budget.
This is as close as the world of American politics can bring us to Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning: $18 million in total advances and the story, told from separate and probably irreconcilable points of view, of a powerful couple in their glory and in their shame.
