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Posted By:
wwh
Imprest
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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
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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
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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
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05/21/02
11:20 PM
And in Spanish,
un préstamo
.
Posted By:
Wordwind
Re: Imprest
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05/22/02
09:07 AM
Imprestidigitation
:
Making recalcitrant sailors appear on deck through conjury.
Posted By:
AphonicRants
Re: Imprestidigitation
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05/22/02
01:29 PM
Really, Dub-Dub? I though
imprestidigitation
meant "amazingly rapid typing".
Posted By:
Wordwind
Re: Imprestidigitation
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05/22/02
03:31 PM
AR:
meant "amazingly rapid typing". ....
Yeah, second meaning.
Dub-Dub
Posted By:
WhitmanO'Neill
Re: Imprestidigitation
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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
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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
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05/24/02
01:30 PM
Thank you, sweet W'ON. You are ever seeking to calm roiled waters.
Posted By:
wwh
Re: Imprestidigitation
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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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