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prest

1  [prest]
Use prest in a Sentence
–adjective Obsolete.
ready.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF < LL praestus ready. See presto

prest

2  [prest]
–noun Obsolete.
1. a loan.
2. an advance payment on wages.
3. prest money.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME prest(e) < MF prest, OF, n. deriv. of prester to lend < L praestāre to perform, vouch for, excel (ML: to lend), lit., to stand in front. See pre-, stand

prest money

 
–noun British Obsolete.
a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
Also called press money, prest.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME
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