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noun
A payment of money; a toll or duty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete
Topics: law
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The rendering of a service
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete
Topics: law
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noun
A gift in the context of a non-market society; a giving that takes place in a non-economic sphere
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin praestatio (“a performing, paying”), from praestare: compare French prestation.
