prest

noun /prɛst/

1. A payment of wages in advance

   rare

2. A loan or advance (of money)

   Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.

3. A tax or duty

4. A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment

   obsolete

Where it comes from

From Middle English prest, from Old French prest, deverbal from prester.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry prest (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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