What does imprest mean?
Imprest means (obsolete) simple past and past participle of impress.
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/ɪmˈpɹɛst/ · verb
(obsolete) simple past and past participle of impress.
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.
February 23 1780, Edmund Burke, Establism Bill it shall not be lawful to imprest or issue to the paymaster general of his majesty's land forces
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Imprest means (obsolete) simple past and past participle of impress.
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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.
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