noun

• 1mass noun Guidance or recommendations offered with regard to prudent future action.

  ‘my advice is to see your doctor’

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  • ‘ on their solicitors' advice, the trustees have accepted ￡577,000 by way of compensation’
  • ‘he took my advice and put his house up for sale’
  • ‘They were giving it out to customers as well as offering advice on the benefits of tap water over bottled water.’
  • ‘There are too many powerful men who truly believe that the Waltons offer dandy advice on life and morals.’
  • ‘Every week, it seems, women are offered ever more expert advice on how to manipulate their men.’
  • ‘Can you offer any advice on how to plan what to grow, how to set out and maintain the patch, what tools to get, etc?’
  • ‘Everyone arrested is offered drug treatment and advice on benefits and housing.’
  • ‘Police today offered advice on how van owners can make themselves less vulnerable to the gang.’
  • ‘The trust can back this up with workplace visits offering advice on giving up.’
  • ‘Fruit nurseries are always happy to offer advice on how to grow specific plants, so do ask when you buy.’
  • ‘The salon also offers hairdressers advice on how to run their businesses better.’
  • ‘Even when he was offering me advice on my personal life, he had me in stitches.’
  • ‘We would like to offer some advice on how to ensure they do not become victims.’
  • ‘We offer advice on the procedures to get court orders to remove illegal encampments.’
  • ‘It tells us to stop buying rounds but offers little practical advice on how to dodge them.’
  • ‘The messages offer encouragement and advice on how to choose the best career.’
  • ‘They will then offer advice on how the groups can extend their services to a wider range of people.’
  • ‘Spotting classic mistakes is not easy, but there is some good advice on offer.’
  • ‘This handbook offers advice on blogging anonymously and getting round censorship.’
  • ‘Importantly, the site also offers advice on what to do should your debt have run out of control.’
  • ‘The guidance gives no advice on how the question of incapacity is to be determined.’
  • ‘Several lawyers have offered free advice on the issue and he said he would ask one of them what he should do.’

  Synonyms

  guidance, advising, counselling, counsel, help, direction, instruction, information, enlightenment

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• 2A formal notice of a financial transaction.

  ‘remittance advices’

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  • ‘Suppliers of medical services also have immediate access to their remittance advices which results in a paperless environment.’
  • ‘Cheques and remittance advices were raised mostly in alphabetical order, as per the purchase ledger.’
  • ‘We quote below a message which will represent your first advices in connection with this incident.’
  • ‘Is it a stack of old draft reports and legal advices?’
  • ‘Then underneath, ‘Counsel's costs’, there are two advices: one at ￡900, one at ￡825.’
  • ‘This strategy should include providing members with fortnightly pay advices.’
  • ‘An offsider is hauling together the thousands of different legal advices and papers published on the web.’
  • ‘A full and conclusive inquiry was conducted by the Attorney-General including advices of independent Queen's Counsels.’
  • ‘He said the excess water deduction on members' salary advices was recently amended.’
  • ‘In relation to counsel's fees, there were a number of advices that have not been set out in the schedule.’
  • ‘When you're dealing with laws, there'll be a duplication of advices that are being received.’
  • ‘This electronic payment solution provides electronic versions of paper checks and remittance advices.’
  • ‘Providers will see an increase in their payments and on their remit advices.’

• 3

  (also advices)

  archaic mass noun Information; news.

  ‘the want of fresh advices from Europe’

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  • ‘Last evening a gentleman arrived here from Providence, by whom we are favour'd with the following, fresh advices from the northern army.’
  • ‘From this deplorable apathy Cortes was roused by fresh advices urging his presence in Mexico.’
  • ‘A few days before the arrival of the news of peace, he received private advices from the Continent which led him to anticipate it.’
  • ‘The next advices from the continent may change the face of affairs.’
  • ‘Latest advices from abroad give assurances of her safety.’

  Synonyms

  news, information, word, intelligence, intimation

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