What does "prest" mean?
A payment of wages in advance
Prest
/prɛst/ adj, name, noun, verb
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Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A payment of wages in advance
- Grammar: prest is listed as adj, name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: orderly.
- Usage evidence: And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A payment of wages in advance rare
- 2 A loan or advance (of money)
"Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks."
- 3 A tax or duty
- 4 A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment obsolete
- 5 A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
"the same tayles soe hereafter there to be levyed and striken, shalbe delyvered unto everye of the same Sheriffes[…]without prest or other chardge to be sett upon them for the same."
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of press archaic, form-of, participle, past
"And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest"
- 2 To give as a loan; to lend. obsolete, transitive
"a greate part of our armie already prested, and in our wages to go forward"
Adjective
- 1 Ready; prompt; prepared. obsolete
- 2 Neat; tidy; proper. obsolete
"False knave ready prest, All safe is the best"
- 3 Quick, brisk. obsolete
"The fauconer then was prest, Came runnynge with a dow, And cryed, ‘Stow, stow, stow!’ But she wold not bow."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest"
Common questions
What is a synonym for "prest"?
Common synonyms include: orderly.
How do you use "prest" in a sentence?
And when loftier mansions prest/Lure of pleasure on their guest
How do you pronounce "prest"?
Pronounced /prɛst/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English prest, from Old French prest.
Etymology 2
From Middle English prest, borrowed from Old French prester, from Latin praesto, praestare.