Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A presting or payment of money: sometimes used for purveyance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (O. Eng. Law) A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service.
  • noun a sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons and other dignitaries to their bishop.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK, law, obsolete A payment of money; a toll or duty.
  • noun UK, law, obsolete The rendering of a service.

Etymologies

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Latin praestatio a performing, paying, from praestare: compare French prestation.

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