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Definition of Prests

Prest
Prest Prest, v. t. To give as a loan; to lend. [Obs.] Sums of money . . . prested out in loan. --E. Hall.
Prest
Prest Prest, imp. & p. p. of Press.
Prest
Prest Prest, a. [OF. prest, F. pr[^e]t, fr. L. praestus ready. Cf. Presto.] 1. Ready; prompt; prepared. [Obs.] All prest to such battle he was. --R. of Gloucester. 2. Neat; tidy; proper. [Obs.] --Tusser. Prest money, money formerly paid to men when they enlisted into the British service; -- so called because it bound those that received it to be ready for service when called upon.
Prest
Prest Prest, n. [OF. prest, F. pr[^e]t, fr. OF. prester to lend, F. pr[^e]ter, fr. L. praestare to stand before, to become surety for, to fulfill, offer, supply; prae before + stare to stand. See Pre-, and Stand, and cf. Press to force into service.] 1. Ready money; a loan of money. [Obs.] Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks. --Bacon. 2. (Law) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands. --Cowell.

Meaning of Prests from wikipedia

- Look up prest in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Prest or PREST may refer to: Prest (surname), people with the surname PREST, centre at the University...
- Steven Robert Prest (19 May 1966 – 13 May 2009) was an English professional snooker player and coach. Prest was born in Claro, Yorkshire, England. He...
- Martín Prest is a former Argentine football striker. He was born on November 30, 1978, in the city of Mar del Plata in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina...
- Thomas James Prest (born 24 March 2003) is an English cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut on 25 June 2021, for Hampshire in the 2021 T20 Blast. Prior...
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- John Prest (18 September 1928 – 3 July 2018) was a British historian. He was born in Tadworth, Surrey, to Dorothy Martin (a watercolourist) and Thomas...
- Edward Prest (10 February 1906 – 26 September 1976) was an Itsekiri politician of biracial heritage from the Warri division of southern Nigeria. Prest was...
- Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Known as the "King of Rock and...
- Charles Henry Prest (9 December 1841 – 4 March 1875) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who pla**** five first-class matches from 1861 to 1870...