(Britain) Used by stage magicians, when performing a magic trick. / (Britain, colloquial) Indicates a sudden desirable conclusion or change, as if by magic

Having been stressed before use

concrete with stresses induced in it before use so as to counteract stresses that will be produced by load; often contains stretched steel bars or wires called tendons

(obsolete) To take responsibility for

(informal) Indicates the suddenness of a change or transformation, as a magic trick in which one object appears to be suddenly transformed into another.

(informal) Alternative form of presto chango

(UK, law, obsolete) A payment of money; a toll or duty. / (UK, law, obsolete) The rendering of a service

(chiefly yachting) Prior to the beginning of a race

(yachting) The countdown immediately before the start of a race.

(astronomy) Describing the matter and conditions involved in the formation of a star