prest
- noun
- Archaic
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- During the discussion about historical financing, he mentioned the archaic practice of offering a prest for public works.
Examples
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While Wilfried Prest did use census-type sources, such sources do not exist for Springfield and Ipswich in the seventeenth century.
Academic text (1995) -
Dating back to the Middle Ages, the temporary measure became a permanent institution, and the term originated from the word "prest."
Academic text (2007) -
A small cabochon ruby, its mount was engraved with the Fraser clan motto, je suis prest: "I am ready." He had me stay with him when I came to Paris to finish my schooling and learn a bit of the world.
Fiction book (1992) -
The government provided a financial prest to help businesses recover after the crisis.
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In the old records, many farmers received a prest from the king to support their lands during tough seasons.
Synonyms
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4.5
An early payment of money you receive before you earn it
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prest as a noun meant a money 'advance' or loan because it comes from a word meaning 'to provide' or 'make ready', similar to Spanish prestar ('to lend'). That's why a prest was money given to make a voyage or a project possible.