prestation
English
Etymology
Latin praestatio (“a performing, paying”), from praestare: compare French prestation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹɛsˈteɪʃən/
Noun
prestation
References
- Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851) “PRESTATION”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volumes (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […], →OCLC.
- “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
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 (file)
Noun
prestation f (plural prestations)
- 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.
- service
- (finance) loan
- (insurance) cover
- performance
- Je pense que l’on a réalisé une bonne prestation aujourd’hui.
- I think we put on a good performance today.
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Descendants
- → Dutch: prestatie
Further reading
- “prestation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
prestation c
- performance, achievement; what one has managed to perform or do (often in the context of a competition)
Declension
Declension of prestation | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | prestation | prestationen | prestationer | prestationerna |
Genitive | prestations | prestationens | prestationers | prestationernas |
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