Frist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fɹɪst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Frist is a noun meaning (UK dialectal) Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension.
Meaning
(UK dialectal) Time allotted for repayment; a term (in which a debt is to be repaid); a delay; respite; suspension.
More Meanings
- (UK dialectal) Credit; trust.
- (UK dialectal) To grant respite; especially, to give a debtor credit or time for payment.
- (ambitransitive, UK dialectal) To defer; postpone.
- (obsolete) A certain space or period of time; respite.
Example Sentences
All Ills are good a frist.
His was a short frist (He had a short life).
My time is short, my frist is o'er, and I have much to say.
Credit and frist is quyte away, / No thing is lent bot for usure; […]
Word Forms
- frists
- fristing
- fristed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deadline, period, first, timescale, fristing, frith.
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