imprest

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noun

The definition of an imprest is an advance of money paid by the government to someone doing work for the government, or a petty cash fund used by businesses to meet expenses.

An example of an imprest is when the government prepays someone building a school to buy some materials so that the school can be built.
An example of an imprest is a fund used by a business to pay for small expenses.

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imprest

a loan or advance of money, as from government funds

Origin of imprest

Italian impresto, a loan from (dare) in prestito, (to give) in loan from in, in + prestito, a loan from prestare, to lend from Classical Latin praestare, to become surety for, literally , to stand before from prae-, before + stare, to stand

Accounting designating a fund, as of petty cash, that is replenished in exactly the amount expended from it

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imprest

noun

An advance or a loan of funds, especially for services rendered to a government.

Origin of imprest

From obsolete Italian impresto loan from past participle of imprestare to lend in- toward ( from Latin; see in- ². ) prestare to lend ( from Latin praestāre to give ) ( from praestō at hand ; see ghes- in Indo-European roots.)

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Noun

(plural imprests)

An advance of funds, especially to a government service or employee. [from 16th c.]

Verb

(third-person singular simple present imprests, present participle impresting, simple past and past participle imprested)

To advance on loan.

Origin

Prefix form of prest, perhaps after Italian imprestare, or perhaps from a misunderstand of the phrase in prest.

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