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prestation

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

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

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

Origin: From , from praestare: compare. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

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

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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(sociology, anthropology) A gift in the context of a non-market society; a giving that takes place in a non-economic sphere.

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