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A volume in Charleston say for early payment (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

advance

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'early payment' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'a volume in charleston say' is the wordplay.
'volume' becomes 'v' (abbreviation for volume in book titles).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'charleston say' becomes 'dance' (charleston is a kind of dance).
'v' placed within 'dance' is 'dvance'.
'a'+'dvance'='ADVANCE'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for advance that I've seen before include "borrowed money" , "Move froward as army does" , "capital" , "Move along" , "Payment ahead of due date (1'7)" .)

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