prest

1. (obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.

2. (obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.

1. (rare) A payment of wages in advance

2. A loan or advance (of money)

3. A tax or duty

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

5. (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.

1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of press

2. (obsolete, transitive) To give as a loan; to lend.

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