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Webster 1913 Edition
Prestation
Pres-ta′tion
,Noun.
[L.
praestatio
a performing, paying, fr. praestare
: cf. F. prestation
.] (O. Eng. Law)
A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service.
Burrill.
Prestation money
, a sum of money paid yearly by archdeacons and other dignitaries to their bishop.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prestation
PRESTA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
prestation
prestation
English
Noun
prestation
- (Britain, law, obsolete) A payment of money; a toll or duty.
- (Britain, law, obsolete) The rendering of a service.
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French
Alternative forms
- præstation (obsolete)
Etymology
Latin praestatio, from the verb praestare, from prae (“in front of”) + stare (“to stand”)
Noun
prestation f (plural prestations)
- service
- (finance) loan
- (insurance) cover
- performance
- Je pense que l'on a réalisé une bonne prestation aujourd'hui.
- I think we put in a good performance today.
- Je pense que l'on a réalisé une bonne prestation aujourd'hui.
Related terms
Swedish
Noun
prestation c
- achievement; what one has managed to perform or do (often in the context of a competition)
Declension
| Inflection of prestation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | prestation | prestationen | prestationer | prestationerna |
| Genitive | prestations | prestationens | prestationers | prestationernas |