Usually means: Concise summary of text's essence.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word precis:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. precis: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. precis: Merriam-Webster
  3. precis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. precis: Vocabulary.com
  5. Precis, precis: Wordnik
  6. precis: Wiktionary
  7. Pr'ecis, precis: Dictionary.com
  8. PRECIS: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Precis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. precis: Rhymezone
  11. Precis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. precis: FreeDictionary.org
  13. precis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. precis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. precis: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. precis: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PRECIS: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Precis: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See precising as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Precis)

noun:  Alternative spelling of précis [A summary or brief: a concise or abridged statement or view.]
verb:  Alternative form of précis [to write a précis of a work; to summarise, abridge]

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