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imprest
English
Etymology
Prefix form of prest, perhaps after Italian imprestare, or perhaps from a misunderstand of the phrase in prest.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??mp??st/
Noun
imprest (plural imprests)
- An advance of funds, especially to a government service or employee. [from 16th c.]
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 240:
- Calling on Lacon at the Cabinet Office to deliver the Circus's monthly imprest account for his inspection, he had been astonished to see Sam emerging from his private office, joking easily with Lacon and Saul Enderby of the Foreign Office.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 240:
Translations
Verb
imprest (third-person singular simple present imprests, present participle impresting, simple past and past participle imprested)
- To advance funds on loan.
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See also
- impressed
Anagrams
- mipster, permits, primest
imprest From the web:
- what imprest system
- what imprest account
- what imprest means
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- what is imprest money
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temporary
English
Alternative forms
- tempory (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t?mp????i/, /?t?mp??i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t?mp?????i/
- Hyphenation: tem?po?rary
Adjective
temporary (comparative more temporary, superlative most temporary)
- Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
- Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ephemeral
Translations
Noun
temporary (plural temporaries)
- One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.
Synonyms
- temp
Translations
temporary From the web:
- what temporary means
- what temporary files can i delete
- what temporary tattoo lasts the longest
- what temporary physiological advantage is created
- what temporary custody means
- what temporary files should i delete
- what temporary panic concerning fears
- what temporary veneers look like
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