prest
/P R EH1 S T/noun
- 1
A loan or advance (of money)
- 2
A tax or duty
- 3
(law) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
- 4
(rare) A payment of wages in advance
- 5
(obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
- 6
A surname.
verb
- 1
(obsolete, transitive) To give as a loan; to lend.
adjective
- 1
(obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.
- 2
(obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.
- 3
(obsolete) Quick, brisk.
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