pres
- noun
- /prɛs/
- Informal
- Make sure to bring your pres to the pharmacy so you can pick up the medicine.
Examples
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The doctor sent me a pres for a new inhaler to manage my asthma.
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I received the pres from my doctor after my last visit for the allergy medication.
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Doctor, is Pres still here?
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Pres is a fever patient.
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What is Pres?
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and Acceptance ("I was not just wrong about the Wisconsin Pres/Senate
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If at some time GM tried that, yeah, then they would have had a chance, but not likely, as stated previously, and honestly, Whitcare + Pres Task Force + UAW, etc. can't do it either.
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Compounds
- Jargon
A legal rule that lets courts change gifts so they follow the giver's wishes when the original plan is impossible
- Jargon
A rule letting a court give money to a similar charity when the original wish cannot be followed
- Formal
A court changes a gift meant for a charity so the giver's main wish still happens
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pres is a short form of prescription, the doctor's written order for medicine. So if someone says 'pick up my pres' they mean the paper the pharmacy needs.