prompt

n. (Com.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [ tea ] is three months. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prompted; p. pr. & vb. n. Prompting. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. [ 1913 Webster ]

God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To suggest; to dictate. [ 1913 Webster ]

And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The book used by a prompter of a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. promptitudo. See Prompt, a. ] The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men of action, of promptitude, and of courage. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a prompt manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cheerful willingness; alacrity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods. [ 1913 Webster ]