Also means
advance (as in scheduled ahead of time)
Usage Note
Anticipé is used to describe something happening before the expected time: un remboursement anticipé (early repayment), une retraite anticipée (early retirement). The feminine form is anticipée. It comes from the verb anticiper (to anticipate, to do something ahead of schedule).
Examples
"Il a pris une retraite anticipée à cinquante ans."
Natural Translation
He took early retirement at fifty.

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