A payment or wages in advance; money paid on account to enable a person to proceed with an undertaking. Cf. imprest, n.1, press money, n. 1.
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > pay in advance (12) prest1359 A payment or wages in advance; money paid on account to enable a person to proceed with an undertaking. Cf. imprest, n.1, press money, n. 1. press money1434 Money paid in advance as wages or against expenses to be incurred. Cf. prest, n. 1. Now rare. imprest1568 An advance (of money) made to one who is charged with some business by the state, to enable him to proceed with the discharge of the same… impress1600 Money advanced, pay in advance: = imprest, n.1 fore-wages1606 wages paid in advance. subsistence money1677 Money paid in advance to soldiers, workers, etc., to supply their needs until the regular pay day. Cf. subsist, n., sub, n.6 Now chiefly historical. subsistence1688 = subsistence money, n. 1, 2. subsist money1749 = subsistence money, n. 1. sub1779 An amount of money paid in advance to soldiers, workers, etc., to supply their needs until the regular pay day; an advance of money. Also: the… sub money1779 = subsistence money, n. 1. subsist1814 The payment of wages on account; (also) (an amount of) money advanced in this way. Cf. sub, n.6, subsistence money, n. 1. subsistence allowance1860 A sum of money advanced by an employer to meet an employee's needs until the regular pay day. Cf. subsistence money, n. 1. Now chiefly historical. |
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