Question: In describing a previous rule change, one could write:

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> "The school administration updated their rules last week to say that red is no longer a color."
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but many times (mostly in the news), they will add something such as "quietly", implying deception, or with other words, more than one mental image for the same statement.

My description is off, but I'm hoping someone knows what I'm referring to, and can help me identify what this device would be called.

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> Ex1. "The school board last week, **quietly** passed a rule stating that red is no longer a color".
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> Ex2. "The ranking member stated, **without evidence**, that red seemed to imply emotion rather than a visual cue".
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Both of these statements could have been written without the bold word.

Answer: 
Such a payment made in advance of an anticipated complete transaction is often termed an *advance*

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> Advance = money paid before something happens
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> [Cambridge dictionary](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/advance)
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The term has slightly less formal contractual overtones than the equally useful and very similar

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> Deposit = to pay someone an amount of money when you make an agreement with that person to pay for or buy something, that either will be returned to you later, if the agreed arrangement is kept, or that forms part of the total payment
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> [Cambridge dictionary](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/deposit)
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When an author is writing a book, she or he may receive an

Advance
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> When a publisher is interested in acquiring a book manuscript, it usually offers the writer an advance against royalties, or *advance* for short.
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> An advance is a signing bonus that’s negotiated and paid to the author before the book is published.
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(Source: Writer's Digest -- [How Book Advances Work - A Simple Explanation for Writers](https://www.writersdigest.com/finances/how-book-advances-work-a-simple-explanation-for-writers))