Prest

Verb

1. (archaic)

   prest

   (past of press)

Old French prest

Full definition of prest

Noun

1. (rare) A payment of wages in advance
2. A loan or advance (of money)
• Francis BaconRequiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
3. A tax or duty
4. (obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
5. (legal) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To give as a loan; to lend.
• E. HallSums of money ... prested out in loan.

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.
• R. of GloucesterAll prest to such battle he was.
2. (obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.

Anagrams

• strep, terps, TrEPS