prest

Meanings

Verb

• Past of press
• To give as a loan; to lend.

Noun

• A payment of wages in advance
• A loan or advance (of money)
• A tax or duty
• A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
• A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.

Adjective

• Ready; prompt; prepared.
• Neat; tidy; proper.

Origin

• From Middle English prest, from Old French prest.
• From Middle English prest, from Old French prester, from Latin praesto.