different between retainer vs imprest

English

Etymology

retain +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???te?n.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???te?n.?/, /???te?n.?/
• Rhymes: -e?n?(r)

Noun

retainer (plural retainers)

1. Any thing or person that retains.
2. A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
3. A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
4. A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.

5. (dentistry) A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.

Derived terms

• general retainer
• special retainer

Related terms

Translations

See also

• brace

Anagrams

• Arretine, Eretrian, Eritrean, Renteria, rain tree, rain-tree, raintree

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)

1. 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.

Translations

Verb

imprest (third-person singular simple present imprests, present participle impresting, simple past and past participle imprested)

1. To advance funds on loan.

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See also

• impressed

Anagrams

• mipster, permits, primest