prestation

English

Etymology

From 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
3. (sociology, anthropology) A gift in the context of a non-market society; a giving that takes place in a non-economic sphere

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	prestation	prestations
	definite	prestationen	prestationens
plural	indefinite	prestationer	prestationers
	definite	prestationerna	prestationernas

Derived terms

• prestationsförmåga
• prestationsångest

Related terms

• prestera