† apprestn.
Obsolete.
1. Preparation, provision.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun]
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1539 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 594 There is no apprest of any ships in Spayne.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 296/2 in Chron. I The christian Princes..made their apprests for a new expedition.
2. Pecuniary provision; loan. (Cf. French prester, prêter.)
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > loan
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imprest1680
bank loan1721
1443 King Henry IV in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. iii. 34 I. 80 Easing vs by wey of apprest of the summe of c. marks.
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