presentment
/pɹɪˈzɛntmənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act of presenting something for acceptance; now specifically, presenting something (e.g. a bill or cheque) for payment.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In 1771, a grand jury presentment in Georgia revealed that "Slaves are permitted to rent houses ….""
- "the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, etc."
- "He recognised that there was general resentment of the oppressive conduct of the Forest officers, and made provision for regular inquiries into it, and for presentment of Forest offences to be made at the attachment courts, as a procedure preliminary to the Forest Eyre."
- "When online bill presentment, which removes all the paperwork, becomes widespread, says McKinsey's Stephenson, online banking will be far more compelling."
- "Noted among the who's-who in portraiture: Hopkinson's Secretary Hughes, Childe Hassam's Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, Edmund C. Tarbell's Mary at the Harpsichord, Lillian Westcott Hale's child portrait study of Brothers, Frank Benson's Girl in Blue Jacket, and Marion Boyd Allen's presentment of Anna Vaughn Hyatt."
- "But it was especially the aspect of the three chief officers of the ship, the mates, which was most forcibly calculated to allay these colourless misgivings, and induce confidence and cheerfulness in every presentment of the voyage."
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman presentment, presentement, Middle French presentement, corresponding to present + -ment.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: present
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /pɹɪˈzɛntmənt/