imprest
1 Americannoun
verb
verb
noun
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a fund of cash from which a department or other unit pays incidental expenses, topped up periodically from central funds
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an advance from government funds for the performance of some public business or service
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(formerly) an advance payment of wages to a sailor or soldier
Etymology
Origin of imprest
First recorded in 1560–70; probably noun use of obsolete verb imprest “to advance money to,” from Italian imprestare, from Medieval Latin imprestāre “to lend,” from Latin im- prefix + praestāre “to tender, offer, present”; influenced in sense by praes, stem praed- “guarantor, one acting as surety”; see im- 1, pre-; see origin at stand
Example Sentences
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He whose thoughts are imprest vividly on the surface is always placed at a glaring disadvantage.
From Common Sense, How to Exercise It by Yoritomo-Tashi, Mme. Blanchard
In the rule given by the A.P.A. for the substitution of ed for t, lasht and imprest are given as examples.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various
What distils Immediate thence, no end of being knows; Bearing its seal immutably imprest.
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4 The Higher Life by Carman, Bliss
But here at any rate we can see the house in which he toiled—no genius ever took more pains—and the surroundings which imprest his mind and influenced his inspiration.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
Nicholas.—We have disposed of our brother, his Prussian Majesty, who appeared to be imprest by the apprehension that a portion of his dominions was in jeopardy.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various
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