Presentment

Word PRESENTMENT
Character 11
Hyphenation pre sent ment
Pronunciations /pɹɪˈzɛntmənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Presentment"

What do we mean by presentment?

The act of presenting to view or to the mind. noun

An indictment. noun

The report of a grand jury concerning an alleged offense, used as a basis for an indictment. noun

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation. noun

Anything presented or exhibited; appearance; likeness; representation. noun

In law: A statement by a grand jury of an offense from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them: as, the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, or the like, on which the prosecuting officer must afterward frame an indictment, before the party presented can be put to answer it. In a more general sense, presentment comprehends inquisitions of office and indictments. noun

The formal information to the lord, by the tenants of a manor, of anything done out of court. noun

The presenting of a bill of exchange to the drawee for acceptance, or of a bill to the acceptor, or of a note to the maker, for payment. noun

Eccles., a formal complaint made by the authorities of a parish to the bishop or archdeacon at his visitation. noun

The act of presenting, or the state of being presented; presentation. noun

Setting forth to view; delineation; appearance; representation; exhibition. 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, ; also, an inquisition of office and indictment by a grand jury; an official accusation presented to a tribunal by the grand jury in an indictment, or the act of offering an indictment; also, the indictment itself. noun

The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate. noun

The offering of a bill to the drawee for acceptance, or to the acceptor for payment. See Bill of exchange, under Bill. noun

A document that must be accepted and paid by another person noun

A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view noun

An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative noun

A statement made on oath by a jury.

The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them.

(ecclesiastical law) A formal complaint submitted to a bishop or archdeacon.

The act of presenting something for acceptance; now specifically, presenting something (e.g. a bill or cheque) for payment.

An artistic representation; a picture.

Presentation of a performance, as of a play or work of music.

The aspect or form in which something presents itself; appearance.

The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate.

A word with too many goddamn definitions. Urban Dictionary

The act of one Presenting oneself for sexual gratification in all your glory. Urban Dictionary

The exact moment all of your blood cells decide to go directly to your dick Urban Dictionary

Showing your crotch or dick bulge in an obvious or semi obvious manner Urban Dictionary

The singular moment when you are most susceptible to a heart attack. Urban Dictionary

When you have to take a crap really bad and you feel the poop coming out. Urban Dictionary

A word that illiterate people use instead of "presenting" becasue htey dont know how to say "presenting" Urban Dictionary

Presentaion:/ˌprɛz ənˈteɪ ʃən, ˌpri zɛn-/ Set number of agonizing minutes of exclusive divided attention (divided among you & your lousy slides, facebook, youtube, email, myspace, text messages, chats + other cool websites and iphone apps) intended for explaining to a group of unwilling students what took you 3 weeks to partially understand and one night to put on powerpoint. Urban Dictionary

A pre-emptive resentment; getting pissed before anything actually happens. Urban Dictionary

Something you give without any type of obligation. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Presentment

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The word "presentment" in example sentences

The point of bicameralism and presentment is that all three actors (House, Senate and President) must agree to the legislation, warts and all, so that all three can be held politically accountable for it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

H. R.6061, The Secure Fence Act of 2006, was delayed in presentment, but cleared Congress and was presented. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This whole “rule with changes” = “bill”, for the constitutional requirement of bicameralism and presentment is unprecedented and dangerous. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The illustrations are super-excellent in some cases; compared with United States publications, where wealth and population should give much greater effects, the Canadian presentment is a triumph. ❋ Unknown (1906)

It happens, however, to be the only one in which the habits and customs of this particular species have been minutely portrayed, and it only needs to be opened in order to see how absolutely remote the presentment is from anything that could by any possibility have existed in reality. ❋ Unknown (1905)

Here then it is time to recall the presentment of ancient, recent and contemporary evolution already outlined in the part of this paper previously read (Vol. I, p. 109), dealing with the historic survey of cities. ❋ Patrick Geddes (1893)

[40] The presentment, which is the other parent of our criminal procedure, had an origin distinct from the appeal. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1888)

A presentment was a presentation, on their own motion, of an accusation against one or more persons. ❋ Simeon E. Baldwin (1883)

The white beard, with "each particular hair" defined, falling almost to the pale, lean hands, is an essential part of the presentment, which is full of such scrupulous detail as the eye would unconsciously take note of in confronting the man himself and afterward supply in the remembrance of the whole. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

A presentment is a notice taken by a grand jury of any offence or crime of which they may have knowledge. ❋ William Fayette Fox (1872)

In those cases, charges are returned in what is called a "presentment". ❋ Unknown (2007)

I would say, but without admitting imperfect art on the part of Browning, for I regard him as one of the greatest of literary artists, that HE must be estimated by the standard presented in this passage, by the "presentment", everywhere in his poetry, "of the correspondency of the universe to Deity, of the natural to the spiritual, and of the actual to the ideal." ❋ Hiram Corson (1869)

(I've recommended starting the clock at "presentment," the formal constitutional step when the president receives a bill from Congress.) ❋ Jim Harper (2010)

"presentment" claims makes him ineligible was common knowledge at the time he ran. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mr. McQueary testified that he witnessed Jerry Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in the shower of a Penn State locker room on March 1, 2002, according to a grand jury presentment released by the state attorney general's office. ❋ John W. Miller (2011)

"Other stories in the grand jury presentment about touching are more ambiguous." ❋ John W. Miller (2011)

She had always liked the physical presentment of Joe, but it was a presentment of clothes, and she had thought the pleasingness of it due to the neatness and taste with which he dressed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If the House passes it, then both chambers will have agreed to the language of HR 3590, and the thing is ready for presentment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Subsections (a) and (b) are reconciliation resolutions directed toward Congressional Committees, which also (obviously) come before engrossing and presentment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Attorney General's office has not yet identified this victim, known as "Victim 2," but Mr. Sandusky's lawyer, Joseph Amendola, has said that victim has been found and doesn't support the testimony in the grand jury presentment. ❋ John W. Miller (2011)

She's presently present, so I'll present my present. [Translation]: She's now here, so I'll [give] my [gift]. ❋ Shiny Things Are Shiny (2013)

She presented herself to me, for which I gladly received her [body]. ❋ Glitter Of Gary (2017)

Me: I will begin my Presentation by starts off with [Alabama] being- Girl: why [dose] [Carl] having a boner? ❋ CoolBoydudemanboydudeperson (2019)

Omg that guy is [certainly] [presenting], His [8 inches] is presenting itself. ❋ Bvdguy (2017)

teacher: "we are having a [presentation] tomorrow" student: "dies of [a heart] [attack]" ❋ TrueDefinitionsNOLIE (2021)

We need to get home so I can [take a shit]. [I think I'm] [presenting]. ❋ Djxpress (2009)

Me: Hey, you [presenting] today? Illiterate Moron: [Yah mon], im [presentating]. ❋ BuD_WeiS_eR (2003)

The [presentation] was great, I [watched] [annoying orange] on youtube instead. ❋ Alex-Very (2010)

Presentments are pretty much the only thing I don’t [procrastinate] about: why wait till someone has actually done you wrong when you can get a [presentment] now? Get out [ahead] of it! ❋ Sean McSean O'Sean FitzSean (2019)

[I am] [going] to [give] a present to her. ❋ Ivestarted (2015)

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