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Posted By: wwh Imprest - 05/21/02 12:55 PM
I had never heard the word "imprest" before. But I found twenty sites about it! So in the financial world, it is a common term.

Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: Imprest - 05/21/02 03:03 PM
I'm impressed imprest impressed it's way into your consciousness, Dr. Bill! Just don't get impressed into service by pirates on the high seas, that's no fun.

Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: Imprest - 05/21/02 10:26 PM
Dr Bill, just to add to the broth:

emprestimo is (Brazilian) Portuguese for loan.

Posted By: consuelo Re: Imprest - 05/21/02 11:20 PM
And in Spanish, un préstamo.

Posted By: Wordwind Re: Imprest - 05/22/02 09:07 AM
Imprestidigitation:

Making recalcitrant sailors appear on deck through conjury.

Posted By: AphonicRants Re: Imprestidigitation - 05/22/02 01:29 PM
Really, Dub-Dub? I though imprestidigitation meant "amazingly rapid typing".

Posted By: Wordwind Re: Imprestidigitation - 05/22/02 03:31 PM
AR:

meant "amazingly rapid typing". ....

Yeah, second meaning.

Dub-Dub

Posted By: WhitmanO'Neill Re: Imprestidigitation - 05/24/02 02:36 AM
Really, Dub-Dub? I though imprestidigitation meant "amazingly rapid typing".

Or "aphonically rantic typing".



Posted By: Wordwind Re: Imprestidigitation - 05/24/02 08:44 AM
Good one, W'ON!

Aphonically rantic typing is a useful phrase, the meaning of which is clearly understood here.

Imprestidigitated,
Dub-Dub

Posted By: AphonicRants Re: Imprestidigitation - 05/24/02 01:30 PM
Thank you, sweet W'ON. You are ever seeking to calm roiled waters.

Posted By: wwh Re: Imprestidigitation - 05/24/02 02:07 PM
Let's all be jesting in good humor. We don't need another flame war.

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