What does "prest" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.Neat; tidy; proper. [Obs.] Tusser. Prest money, money formerly paid to men when they enlisted into the British service; -- so called because it bound those that received it to be ready for service when called upon.
2. 3.Ready money; a loan of money. [Obs.] Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks. Bacon.
3. 4.(Law) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands. Cowell.
4. 5.To give as a loan; to lend. [Obs.] Sums of money . . . prested out in loan. E. Hall.