He received payment in advance: and ↓استسلف [perhaps a mistranscription for ↓استلف] signifies [the same; or] he took, or received, what is termedسَلَف. (Msb.)
2.
[And hence,] تسلّف مِنْهُHe received from him a loan; synonym اِقْتَرَضَ; as also ↓استلف. (A in article قرض.) And تسلّف مِنْهُ كَذَاHe received as a loan from him such a thing. (TA.)
3.
See also 10.
4.
And تسلّفHe ate the [portion of food termed] سُلْفَة. (MA.) [See also 2.]