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imprest |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Imprest \Im"prest\, n. [Cf. It impresto, imprestito LL impraestitum See {Imprest}, v. t., and {Impress} compulsion to serve.] A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. --Burke. The clearing of their imprests for what little of their debts they have received. --Pepys. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Imprest \Im*prest"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. {Imprested}; p. pr & vb n. {Impresting}.] [Pref. im- + prest: cf It imprestare See {Prest}, n.] To advance on loan. --Burke.
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