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English → English (gcide) Definition: Imprest Imprest \Im*prest"\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]st"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imprested; p. pr. & vb. n. Impresting.] [Pref. im- + prest: cf. It. imprestare. See Prest, n.] To advance on loan. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The clearing of their imprests for what little of their debts they have received. --Pepys.