Definition of Imprist
Im*prest" (&?;), v. t. [ imp. &
p. p. Imprested; p. pr. & vb. n.
Impresting.] [Pref. im- + prest: cf. It.
imprestare. See Prest, n.] To
advance on loan. Burke.
Im"prest (?), n. [Cf. It.
impresto, imprestito, LL. impraestitum. See
Imprest, v. t., and Impress
compulsion to serve.] A kind of earnest money; loan; --
specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in
enlistment. Burke.
The clearing of their imprests for what little
of their debts they have received. Pepys.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- an advance of funds, especially from a government or civil service
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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