| Back | imprest \IM-prest\ |
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| Front | noun An advance of money; loan. By law the whole of the seafaring population of Britain was liable to serve the King at sea, and if a man was given an "imprest" or advance payment by a King's agent — "taking the King's shilling" — he had to serve. - Dudley Pope, Decision at Trafalgar, 1999 Off you go, see the foreign editor, get an imprest—don't imagine you can squander money on this trip, though! - Eileen Arnot Robertson, Justice of the Heart, 1958 |
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