- imprest money
- Money paid for the impressment of seamen.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
imprest money
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imprest money — Money paid on enlisting or impressing soldiers or sailors … Black's law dictionary
imprest money — Money paid on enlisting or impressing soldiers or sailors … Black's law dictionary
imprest — im‧prest [ɪmˈprest] noun [uncountable] ACCOUNTING a sum of money given to someone in an organization to make small payments: • This petty cash is kept on the imprest system, whereby the petty cashier is entrusted with a fixed sum of money. * * *… … Financial and business terms
Imprest — Im prest ([i^]m pr[e^]st), n. [Cf. It. impresto, imprestito, LL. impraestitum. See {Imprest}, v. t., and {Impress} compulsion to serve.] A kind of earnest money; loan; specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. Burke … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Imprest fund — Im prest fund , n. A sum of money to be used as petty cash. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
imprest — [im′prest΄] n. [It impresto, a loan < (dare) in prestito, (to give) in loan < in, in + prestito, a loan < prestare, to lend < L praestare, to become surety for, lit., to stand before < prae , before + stare, to STAND] a loan or… … English World dictionary
Imprest system — An imprest system is a system using loans as control against fraud and theft. The most common imprest system known is the petty cash system.Petty cash imprest systemThe Petty Cash Imprest System works on the basis that you only replenish what you … Wikipedia
imprest — imprest1 /im prest/, n. an advance of money; loan. [1560 70; prob. n. use of obs. v. imprest to advance money to < It imprestare < L im IM 1 + praestare to be responsible for (prae PRE + stare to STAND, influenced in sense by praes, s. praed… … Universalium
imprest — im•prest [[t]ˈɪm prɛst[/t]] n. an advance of money; loan • Etymology: 1560–70; prob. n. use of obs. v. imprest to advance money to < It imprestare … From formal English to slang
imprest — noun Etymology: obsolete imprest to lend, probably from Italian imprestare Date: 1568 a loan or advance of money … New Collegiate Dictionary
