prestation noun. [prɛ'steɪʃ(ǝ)n] L15.
[Old French = action of lending, tendering, etc. (also mod. French in other senses), or from late Latin praestatio(n-) payment etc., in classical Latin = warranty, from praestare stand before, excel, vouch for, (in late Latin) lend, from prae PRE- + stare stand: see -ATION.]
1. The action of paying, in money or service, what is due; a payment or the performance of a service so imposed. L15.

2. Anthropology. A gift, payment, or service that forms part of some traditional function in a society. L19.
American Ethnologist The prestations and festivities associated with marriage.

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