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   remit

   verb

   • 1. cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment): "the excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted" Similar cancelset asiderevokerepealrescindabrogatesuspend
   • ▪ forgive (a sin): "God's act of remitting the sins of guilty men" Similar pardonforgiveexcuseoverlookpass over
   • 2. send (money) in payment or as a gift: "the income they remitted to their families" Similar senddispatchforwardtransmitconveypayhand overmake payment of
   • 3. refer (a matter for decision) to an authority: "the request for an investigation was remitted to a special committee" Similar pass (on)refersend ontransferhand ondirectassigncommitentrust
   • ▪ send back (a case) to a lower court.
   • ▪ send (someone) from one tribunal to another for a trial or hearing: "it remits an offender to another court after convicting him"
   • ▪ postpone: archaic "the movers refused Mr Tierney's request to remit the motion" Similar postponedeferput offput backshelvedelayhold over/offstand oversuspendproroguereschedulekeep in abeyanceput overlay on the tabletablecontinueinformal:put on the back burnerput on iceput in cold storagerare:respite
   • ▪ consign again to a previous state: archaic "thus his indiscretion remitted him to the nature of an ordinary person"
   • 4. diminish: archaic "phobias may remit spontaneously without any treatment" Similar diminishlessendecreaseease (up)abatemoderatedwindlewaneebbsubside

   noun

   • 1. the task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization: British "the committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit"
   • 2. an item referred to someone for consideration: "a remit on the question failed"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’. The noun dates from the early 20th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. remittable adjective
   • 2. remittee noun
   • 3. remitter noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishREMIT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to send money to someone: He worked as a builder in Chicago and remitted half his monthly wage to his family in the Philippines. formal. to refer a matter to someone in authority to deal with:

   • English (US)

     to send money to someone: He worked as a builder in Chicago...

   • Remit: Thai Translation

     remit translate: ส่ง (เงิน) ทางไปรษณีย์. Learn more in the...

   • Remit Spanish Translation

     REMIT translate: remitir. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Translate English to Malay

     REMIT translate: mengirimkan wang. Learn more in the...

   • Vietnamese Translation

     REMIT translate: chuyển tiền thanh toán. Learn more in the...

   • Znaczenie Remit, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     REMIT definicja: 1. to reduce a period of time that someone...

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   Remit can be a verb meaning to send, release, or refer something, or a noun meaning an area of responsibility or authority. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, etymology, and related phrases.

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   Remit can be a verb meaning to send money, to pardon, to slacken, or to postpone, or a noun meaning the area of authority or responsibility of a person or group. Learn more about the origin, usage, and history of remit with Dictionary.com.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryREMIT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Remit can be a verb meaning to reduce, send, or refer something, or a noun meaning the area of responsibility or authority. Learn how to use remit in different contexts with examples and translations.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishREMIT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Someone's remit is the area of activity which they are expected to deal with, or which they have authority to deal with.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishremit noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   Remit is a noun that means the area of activity or authority of a person or group. Learn how to use it in sentences, synonyms and word origin with Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › remitRemit - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   Remit means send back, and it has many uses. If you remit payment, you send it back to the person you owe it to. If you’ve been in prison for five years of a seven-year sentence but you’ve been on good behavior, a judge might remit the remainder of your sentence and let you go free.