PRESTATION

Etymology

Noun

prestation

(UK, legal, obsolete) A payment of money; a toll or duty.

(UK, legal, obsolete) The rendering of a service.

Anagrams

• patronites, reptations, tritanopes

Source: Wiktionary


Pres*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. praestatio a performing, paying, fr. praestare: cf. F. prestation.] (O. Eng. Law)

Definition: A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service. Burrill.

Prestation money, a sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons and other dignitaries to their bishop.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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