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prest
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- A payment or wages in advance; money paid on account to enable a person to proceed with an undertaking. Compare "imprest", press money.
- An advance of money; a loan; especially one made to a monarch in an emergency; a forced loan; a bequest, gift, or grant.
- A charge, duty, or tax; a deduction made from or in connection with a payment.
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Origin
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late Middle English. From Anglo-Norman and Middle French prest (French prĂȘt) action of putting a thing at a person's disposal, action of lending, a thing lent, an advance of money, money allocated in advance to soldiers and non-commissioned officers for petty expenses, wages paid in advance, in Anglo-Norman also alms, a gift from prester
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