"avant qu'il ne reçoive cet argent" - why there's no "pas"?

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Could you please explain why there is no “pas” before “cet argent”?

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I’m only at an intermediate level, but I think this is an example of the “ne explétif” in French, here triggered by the phrase “avant que”. See Ne explétif - French Negation - Lawless French Grammar

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I see! Thank you very much, that’s what I was looking precisely.