prestation

English

Etymology

Latin praestatio (“a performing, paying”), from praestare: compare French prestation.

Noun

prestation

  1. (Britain, law, obsolete) A payment of money; a toll or duty.
  2. (Britain, law, obsolete) The rendering of a service.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for prestation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin praestatio, from the verb praestare, from prae (“in front of”) + stare (“to stand”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

prestation f (plural prestations)

  1. service
  2. (finance) loan
  3. (insurance) cover
  4. performance
    Je pense que l'on a réalisé une bonne prestation aujourd'hui.
    I think we put in a good performance today.

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

prestation c

  1. achievement; what one has managed to perform or do (often in the context of a competition)

Declension
Declension of prestation 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative prestation prestationen prestationer prestationerna
Genitive prestations prestationens prestationers prestationernas
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