Presto vs Prest - What's the difference?
presto | prest |
(music) Very fast or quickly; a directive for the musician(s) to play in a very quick tempo.
Used by magicians when performing a trick; ta-da; .
(poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
(archaic) (press)
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(rare) A payment of wages in advance
A loan or advance (of money)
* Francis Bacon
A tax or duty
(obsolete) A sum of money paid to a soldier or sailor upon enlistment
(legal) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
(obsolete) Ready; prompt; prepared.
* R. of Gloucester
(obsolete) Neat; tidy; proper.
As verbs the difference between presto and prest
is that presto is while prest is (archaic) (press) or prest can be (obsolete|transitive) to give as a loan; to lend.As a noun prest is
(rare) a payment of wages in advance.As an adjective prest is
(obsolete) ready; prompt; prepared.presto
English
Adverb
(-)Interjection
(en interjection)- So I put my hand into the hat and presto ! Out comes a rabbit!
Derived terms
* hey presto * presto change-o * presto changoSee also
* abracadabraNoun
(-)References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Anagrams
* ----prest
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)Etymology 2
(etyl) prestNoun
(en noun)- Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks.
- (Cowell)
Adjective
(en adjective)- All prest to such battle he was.
- (Tusser)