• (n.) To advance on loan. • (v. t.) A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/imprest/
Im'prest noun [ Confer Italian impresto , imprestito , Late Latin impraestitum . See Imprest , transitive verb , and Impress compulsion to serve.] A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in en... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/24