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Imprest
(gcide) | Imprest \Im*prest"\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]st"), 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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Imprest
(gcide) | Imprest \Im"prest\ ([i^]m"pr[e^]st), 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.
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The clearing of their imprests for what little of their
debts they have received. --Pepys. |
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Imprest fund
(gcide) | Imprest fund \Im"prest fund`\, n.
A sum of money to be used as petty cash.
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Imprested
(gcide) | Imprest \Im*prest"\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]st"), 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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Impresting
(gcide) | Imprest \Im*prest"\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]st"), 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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