im|prest

im|prest
im|prest1 «ihm PREHST», verb.
Archaic. a past tense and a past participle of impress.
im|prest2 «ihm PREHST», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. an advance or loan of money, especially for use in carrying out some public business.
2. (in accounting) an advance or loan of money to be drawn upon as needed but allowed to build up during inactive periods, as in a petty cash account.
3. British. (formerly) an advance payment made to a soldier or sailor at enlistment.
–adj.
╂[< im-2 + obsolete prest loan, perhaps patterned on Italian impresto a loan < imprestare < im- in- + prestare < Latin praestāre act as surety for]

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