prest /ˈprɛst/
Prest, a.
1. Ready; prompt; prepared. [Obs.]
All prest to such battle he was. --R. of Gloucester.
2. Neat; tidy; proper. [Obs.]
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, n.
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.
Prest, v. t. To give as a loan; to lend. [Obs.]
Sums of money . . . prested out in loan. --E. Hall.
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