remittance
Americannoun
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the sending of money, checks, etc., to a recipient at a distance.
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money or its equivalent sent from one place to another.
noun
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payment for goods or services received or as an allowance, esp when sent by post
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the act of remitting
Other Word Forms
- preremittance noun
Etymology
Origin of remittance
Explanation
A remittance is a payment that gets sent somewhere else. If you get a bill in the mail, you will usually have at least a week to send your remittance. To "remit" is to send money or make a payment and what you send is called remittance. Buying anything from a website involves a remittance — usually from a grownup's credit card, just as keeping your cell phone going requires a regular remittance to cover minutes and messages. If you go on a trip and run out of money, you might need an emergency remittance for a plane or train ticket to get home.
Vocabulary lists containing remittance
Human Geography - High School
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Content Summary G.3: Spatial Reorganization
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Vocabulary from the Eighth Democratic Debate, March 9, 2016
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Example Sentences
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Some Filipinos who had been working in the Middle East are returning home because of the fighting, meaning the loss of remittance money for their families.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
On one hand, PayPal’s assets, which also include Venmo, Braintree and remittance products, “are deeply synergistic,” wrote Bernstein analyst Harshita Rawat.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026
It can directly lead to less consumer demand and labor supply within the U.S., but also indirectly affect the amount of remittance money that foreign workers send home to their families abroad.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
The remainder was sent to Huajuapan, where their sisters logged each remittance payment in yet another notebook for Pedro to review each time he returned for visits.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024
On the twenty-fifth of each month, the remittance reports arrived on his computer screen, and he scanned them for any upticks in delinquencies.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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