imprest

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

im·prest (ĭm-prĕstʹ)n.
An advance or a loan of funds, especially for services rendered to a government. [From obsolete Italian impresto, loan, from past participle of imprestare, to lend : in-, toward (from Latin. See in-²) + prestare, to lend (from Latin praestāre, to give, from praestō, at hand. See ghes- in Indo-European Roots).]