prestation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɛsˈteɪʃən/

Noun

prestation

1. (UK, law, obsolete) A payment of money; a toll or duty.
2. (UK, law, obsolete) The rendering of a service

References

• “prestation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “prestation, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• patronites, reptations, tritanopes

French

Alternative forms

• præstation (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɛs.ta.sjɔ̃/
• Hyphenation: pres‧ta‧tion

• Audio:

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Noun

prestation f (plural prestations)

1. financial payment, benefit

   Dans tous les cas, on accorde à l’assuré une seule prestation par mutilation.

   In any case, the beneficiary shall receive one benefit per dismemberment.

2. service
3. (finance) loan
4. (insurance) cover
5. performance

   Je pense que l’on a réalisé une bonne prestation aujourd’hui.

   I think we put on a good performance today.

Derived terms

• prestation de serment

Related terms

• prestataire

Descendants

• → Dutch: prestatie

Further reading

• “prestation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

prestation c

1. performance, 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

Derived terms

• prestationsförmåga
• prestationsångest

Related terms

• prestera