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Definition of Imprest
1. v. t. To advance on loan.
2. n. A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment.
Definition of Imprest
1. Noun. an advance of funds, especially from a government or civil service ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imprest
1. a loan or advance of money [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imprest
Literary usage of Imprest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Applied Theory of Accounts by Paul Joseph Esquerré (1914)
"Theory of the imprest Fund It will be noticed that at the time the fund was created
... This explains why the word "imprest" is used in qualifying the above ..."
2. A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain & Ireland, Or, a by Robert Beatson (1806)
"Secretary to the imprest, [ Allan Maclean, esq. Auditors to the imprest Office *.
... The same Board of Commissioners until 1786 as the imprest Office. ..."
3. Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by Thomas Franklin Waters, Sarah Goodhue, John Wise (1917)
"these whos names are a boue written ware imprest into ltis ... 1744 imprest Into
his maiesties sarvis thomas poland June ye ..."
4. Public Accounting and Auditing by John F. Sherwood (1920)
"imprest System. Since it is important that all receipts be deposited in the bank
and all payments be made by check, there has come into use what is known as ..."
5. Great Epochs in American History: Described by Famous Writers from Columbus by Francis Whiting Halsey (1912)
"... HOW AMERICAN SUCCESS IN THE WAR imprest EUROPE BY HENRY ADAMS1 The American
declaration of war against England, July 18, 1812, annoyed those European ..."
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