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English Dictionary: imprest by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imprest \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Imprest \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.
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