Imprest
Imprest (im*prest") , transitive verb
[Prefix im- + prest: compare Italian imprestare. See Prest, n.]
To advance on loan. — Burke
Imprest (im"prest) , noun
[Compare Italian impresto, imprestito, Late Latin impraestitum. See Imprest, transitive verb, and Impress compulsion to serve.]
A kind of earnest money; loan; -- specifically, money advanced for some public service, as in enlistment. — Burke
The clearing of their imprests for what little of their debts they have received.