Imprest Definition
ĭm-prĕst
noun
A loan or advance of money, as from government funds.
Webster's New World
adjective
Designating a fund, as of petty cash, that is replenished in exactly the amount expended from it.
Webster's New World
verb
To advance on loan.
Wiktionary
Origin of Imprest
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From obsolete Italian impresto loan from past participle of imprestare to lend in- toward (from Latin in–2) prestare to lend (from Latin praestāre to give) (from praestō at hand ghes- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Prefix form of prest, perhaps after Italian imprestare, or perhaps from a misunderstand of the phrase in prest.
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