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re·mit

(rĭ-mĭt′)

v. re·mit·ted, re·mit·ting, re·mits

v.tr.

1. To transmit (money) in payment.

a. To refrain from exacting (a tax or penalty, for example); cancel.

b. To pardon; forgive: remitted their sins.

3. To restore to a former condition or position.

4. Law

a. To refer (a case) to another court for further consideration or action.

b. To refer (a matter) to a committee or authority for decision.

5. To allow to slacken: The storm remitted its fury.

v.intr.

1. To transmit money.

2. To diminish; abate: The symptoms of the disease remitted.

n. (rĭ-mĭt′, rē′mĭt)

1. A matter remitted for further consideration.

2. Chiefly British An area of responsibility; scope.

[Middle English remitten, to send back, from Latin remittere : re-, re- + mittere, to send.]

re·mit′ment n.

re·mit′ta·ble adj.

re·mit′ter n.

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remit

vb (mainly tr) , -mits, -mitting or -mitted

1. (Commerce) (also intr) to send (money, payment, etc), as for goods or service, esp by post

2. (Law) law (esp of an appeal court) to send back (a case or proceeding) to an inferior court for further consideration or action

3. (Law) to cancel or refrain from exacting (a penalty or punishment)

4. (also intr) to relax (pace, intensity, etc) or (of pace or the like) to slacken or abate

5. to postpone; defer

6. archaic to pardon or forgive (crime, sins, etc)

7. the area of authority or responsibility of an individual or a group: by taking that action, the committee has exceeded its remit.

8. (Law) law the transfer of a case from one court or jurisdiction to another, esp from an appeal court to an inferior tribunal

9. (Law) the act of remitting

10. (Commerce) the act of remitting

11. (Law) something remitted

12. (Commerce) something remitted

13. NZ a proposal from a branch of an organization put forward for discussion at the annual general meeting

[C14: from Latin remittere to send back, release, re- + mittere to send]

reˈmittable adj

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re•mit

(rɪˈmɪt)

v. -mit•ted, -mit•ting,
n. v.t.

1. to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.), usu. in payment.

2. to refrain from inflicting or enforcing, as a punishment or sentence.

3. to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service.

4. to pardon or forgive (a sin, offense, etc.).

5. to slacken; abate.

6. to send back (a case) to an inferior court for further action; remand.

7. to restore to a previous position or condition.

8. to put off; postpone; defer.

9. Obs. to return to custody.

10. Obs. to give up.

v.i.

11. to transmit money, as in payment.

12. to abate for a time or at intervals, as a fever.

13. to slacken; abate.

14. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, esp. from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.

[1325–75; < Latin remittere to send back =re- re- + mittere to send]

re•mit′ta•ble, adj.

re•mit′ter n.

remission, remit - Remission originally meant forgiveness or pardon for an offense or sin, and remit meant "forgive, pardon."

remit

Past participle: remitted
Gerund: remitting

Imperative
remit
remit

Present
I remit
you remit
he/she/it remits
we remit
you remit
they remit

Preterite
I remitted
you remitted
he/she/it remitted
we remitted
you remitted
they remitted

Present Continuous
I am remitting
you are remitting
he/she/it is remitting
we are remitting
you are remitting
they are remitting

Present Perfect
I have remitted
you have remitted
he/she/it has remitted
we have remitted
you have remitted
they have remitted

Past Continuous
I was remitting
you were remitting
he/she/it was remitting
we were remitting
you were remitting
they were remitting

Past Perfect
I had remitted
you had remitted
he/she/it had remitted
we had remitted
you had remitted
they had remitted

Future
I will remit
you will remit
he/she/it will remit
we will remit
you will remit
they will remit

Future Perfect
I will have remitted
you will have remitted
he/she/it will have remitted
we will have remitted
you will have remitted
they will have remitted

Future Continuous
I will be remitting
you will be remitting
he/she/it will be remitting
we will be remitting
you will be remitting
they will be remitting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been remitting
you have been remitting
he/she/it has been remitting
we have been remitting
you have been remitting
they have been remitting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been remitting
you will have been remitting
he/she/it will have been remitting
we will have been remitting
you will have been remitting
they will have been remitting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been remitting
you had been remitting
he/she/it had been remitting
we had been remitting
you had been remitting
they had been remitting

Conditional
I would remit
you would remit
he/she/it would remit
we would remit
you would remit
they would remit

Past Conditional
I would have remitted
you would have remitted
he/she/it would have remitted
we would have remitted
you would have remitted
they would have remitted

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Noun	1.	remit - the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with; "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life" matter, topic, issue, subject - some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
	2.	remit - (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) remitment, remission referral - the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency) law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
Verb	1.	remit - send (money) in payment; "remit $25" pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"
	2.	remit - hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" postpone, prorogue, put off, defer, set back, shelve, table, put over, hold over delay - act later than planned, scheduled, or required; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" call - stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather; "call a football game" hold - stop dealing with; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" suspend - render temporarily ineffective; "the prison sentence was suspended" probate - put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence reprieve, respite - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
	3.	remit - release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted" strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"
	4.	remit - refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision remand, send back challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
	5.	remit - forgive; "God will remit their sins" forgive - stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
	6.	remit - make slack as by lessening tension or firmness slacken loosen, loose - make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope" dowse, douse - slacken; "douse a rope"
	7.	remit - diminish or abate; "The pain finally remitted" decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

remit

noun

1. instructions, brief, guidelines, authorization, terms of reference, orders That issue is not within the remit of the group.

verb

1. send, post, forward, mail, transmit, dispatch Many immigrants regularly remit money to their families.

2. refer, transfer, deliver, commit, hand over, submit, pass on, turn over, consign The matter was remitted to the justices for a rehearing.

3. cancel, stop, halt, repeal, rescind, desist, forbear Every creditor shall remit the claim that is held against a neighbour

4. lessen, diminish, abate, ease up, reduce, relax, moderate, weaken, decrease, soften, dwindle, alleviate, wane, fall away, mitigate, slacken an episode of `baby blues' which eventually remitted

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remit

verb

1. To grant forgiveness to or for:

condone, excuse, forgive, pardon.

Idiom: forgive and forget.

2. To become or cause to become less active or intense:

abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, slacken, slack off, subside, wane.

3. To cease trying to accomplish or continue:

abandon, break off, desist, discontinue, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, stop.

Informal: swear off.

Slang: lay off.

Idioms: call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel.

4. To put off until a later time:

adjourn, defer, delay, hold off, hold up, postpone, shelve, stay, suspend, table, waive.

Informal: wait.

Idiom: put on ice.

Translations

يُحَوِّلُ مالا

poslat

remitteresende

erlassen überweisen

adresser envoyer excuser pardonner remettre

senda greiîslu

condonare demandare ordini rimettere spedire

bausmės sušvelninimasligos atoslūgispervestipiniginė perlaidaremisija

sūtīt naudu

oversende

enviar

перевести

poslanie peňazí

göndermekhavale etmek

汇款

remit

[ˈriːmɪt]

A. N (Brit) (= area of responsibility) → competencia f; (= terms of reference) [of committee etc] → cometido m

B. [rɪˈmɪt] VT

1. (= pay by sending) [+ amount due] → remitir

2. (= refer) [+ decision] → remitir

3. (Rel) (= forgive) [+ sins] → perdonar, remitir

4. (= let off) [+ debt] → remitir
three months of the sentence were remitted → se le redujo la pena en tres meses

C. [rɪˈmɪt] VI → disminuir, reducirse

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remit

[rɪˈmɪt]

vt (= send) [+ money] → envoyer

[ˈriːmɪt] n → attributions fpl
it is not part of our remit to ... → cela ne fait pas partie de nos attributions de ...
to be within sb's remit → être dans les attributions de qn

remit

¹ (form)

(= cancel, pardon) debt, sentence, sins → erlassen

(= send) money → überweisen

(= postpone) → verschieben, vertagen (→ to auf +acc, → till bis); motion → zurückverweisen

(Jur, = transfer) case → verweisen (→ to an +acc)

vi (= become less) → nachlassen

remit

n (form) → Aufgabe f, → Auftrag m; that is outside our remit → das liegt außerhalb unseres Aufgabenbereiches

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remit

[rɪˈmɪt] vt (frm)

a. (send, amount due) → rimettere

b. (refer, decision) → rimettere

c. (Rel) (sins) → rimettere, perdonare; (fee, penalty) → condonare

remit

(rəˈmit) – past tense, past participle reˈmitted – verb

to send (money) usually in payment for something.

reˈmission (-ʃən) noun

1. a lessening in the severity of an illness etc.

2. a shortening of a person's prison sentence.

3. the act of remitting.

reˈmittance noun

(the sending of) money in payment for something.

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I shall therefore remit these duties when my bondage becomes intolerable.' This threat, I thought, would serve to keep him in check, if anything would.

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To remit the punishment of such crimes was, he said, to encourage them.

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Mordaunt, one of my secretaries, will remit this letter of introduction to His Eminence, the Cardinal Mazarin, in Paris.

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Their confidence revived, they might in a short time remit in some degree their watchfulness over my movements, and I should then be the better enabled to avail myself of any opportunity which presented itself for escape.

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They may be further told, that every constitution must limit its precautions to dangers that are not altogether imaginary; and that no real danger can exist that the government would DARE, with, or even without, this constitutional declaration before it, to remit the debts justly due to the public, on the pretext here condemned.

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He exhorted them, therefore, to keep upon the alert, and never to remit their vigilance while within the range of so crafty and cruel a foe.

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If he easily pardons, and remits offences, it shows that his mind is planted above injuries; so that he cannot be shot.

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Under the law, all government-owned or controlled corporations are required to declare and remit at least 50%of their annual net earnings as cash, stock or property dividends to the national government.

Duterte lowers dividend rates of DBP and Lank Bank

The plunge in Indian rupee vis-a-vis dollar due to the global market tumble has brought good news to many expatriates who often wait for such occasions to remit money.

RUPEE AT 186 FAILS TO ATTRACT REMITTERS AT EXCHANGE HOUSES

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is expecting a bigger jump on withholding tax collections from employees of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (Pogo) industry, as more service providers are expected to remit taxes to the bureau on August 10 in line with government's effort to collect the right amount of taxes from foreign nationals working in the country.

BIR sees big jump in Pogo income tax collection in August

Internal Revenue Deputy Commissioner Arnel Guballa said more than 240 Pogos were expected to remit their employees' withholding taxes by Aug.

BIR expects Pogos' full compliance with tax rule

And we're also aware of litigation pending at the supreme court preventing the movement of the funds into the federation account and once that's dealt with instruction from relevant agencies such as NIPOST to remit same.

Unremitted N20trn Stamp Duties: We Have Recovered N35bn From Commercial Banks a CBN

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