Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
Preceding.
Forward.
A forward move; improvement or progression.
An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
To move forwards; to approach.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
To raise or increase (a price, rate).
To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
To increase (a number or amount).
To make a higher bid at an auction.
To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.