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Definition for PREST
PREST
PREST
PREST
, n. [Fr.
prêt
, supra.]
A loan. [Obs.] – Bacon.
Formerly, a duty in money, to be paid by the sherif on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands. – 2 and 3 Edw. VI.
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