The phrase "an initial advance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a preliminary payment or progress in a process or project.
Example: "The company provided an initial advance to secure the contract before the project officially began."
Alternatives: "a preliminary payment" or "an upfront payment".
In return, Nested charges a fee from 2-42-4percent(plus VAT) depending on how soon you want to receive the advance, and takes a loss if it fails to sell the property for an amount above its initial advance.
The filmmaker gets a share of that revenue only if it reaches a certain predetermined level; it is common for filmmakers never to receive a payment beyond their initial advance.
After an initial Syrian advance, Israel counterattacked and captured slightly more territory.
Ms. Davenport received an initial $20,000 advance for the tale, which was scheduled for publication next summer.
The molten basalt experiment shows an initial linear advance that contrasts with the modeled versions.
When a contract expires, there's often a difference between the royalties earned and the initial advance.
The initial advance of the North Sea lobe is recorded by a westerly thinning advance till (LFA 1).
During its initial advance the division engaged German forces, including infantry and armour, in an attempt to secure a narrow, high-rimmed road to the north-west of Bastogne; during a battle that lasted three days the division suffered nearly 1,000 casualties attempting to hold what the division's official historian labeled 'Dead Man's Ridge'.
Acton received no initial advance for her work but, unlike other female writers, had her name firmly imprinted on the cover.
The Italians' initial advance eastward, begun late in May 1915, was soon halted, largely because of the flooding of the Isonzo, and trench warfare set in.
