remit
to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
to refrain from inflicting or enforcing, as a punishment, sentence, etc.
to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service.
to pardon or forgive (a sin, offense, etc.).
to give back: to remit an overpayment.
Law. to send back (a case) to an inferior court for further action.
to put back into a previous position or condition.
Obsolete. to set free; release.
Obsolete. to send back to prison or custody.
Obsolete. to give up; surrender.
to transmit money, a check, etc., as in payment.
to abate for a time or at intervals, as a fever.
to slacken; abate.
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
something remitted, as for further deliberation or action.
the act of remitting.
Chiefly British. the area of authority of a person or group.
Origin of remit
1word story For remit
From its earliest appearance in Middle English, this verb had three main categories of meaning: surrender or forgiveness; ceasing or diminishing; referring or sending. The specific sense “to send money” appeared about 1543. The British noun sense “the area of authority of a person or group” dates from the second half of the 19th century.
Other words for remit
Opposites for remit
Other words from remit
- re·mit·ta·ble, adjective
- non·re·mit·ta·ble, adjective
- non·re·mit·ta·bly, adverb
- pre·re·mit, verb (used with object), pre·re·mit·ted, pre·re·mit·ting.
- un·re·mit·ta·ble, adjective
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How to use remit in a sentence
Yet even someone as senior as Xie is unlikely to have full remit to negotiate on his country’s behalf.
China can make or break a global climate deal. What will it be willing to give? | Lily Kuo | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostSpace travel has, for the most part, remained the remit of professional astronauts or the very wealthy.
Inspiration4: Why SpaceX’s first all-private mission is a big deal | Jonathan O'Callaghan | September 15, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewImmigration is just one of the difficult topics under his remit.
Can One Agency Keep the U.S. Safe and Still Be Humane? The New DHS Chief Thinks So | Alana Abramson | May 12, 2021 | TimeIts remit is narrow—it does not have jurisdiction over government agencies, banks, or nonprofits.
This has just become a big week for AI regulation | Will Douglas Heaven | April 21, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThat is a complex remit that they have been happy to leave to customer-facing teams.
But that was not within the remit of the Dutch investigators.
He questioned whether preventing pictures being taken was part of the police protection unit's remit.
James Middleton - Should Royal Police Have Parked His Car? | Tom Sykes | October 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTFifty minutes later, when the remit to oversee the bid was awarded to Hunt, Osborne replied, “I hope you like the solution!”
Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt ‘Sympathetic’ to Murdoch BSkyB Bid | Peter Jukes | May 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe French war indemnity enabled him to redeem a considerable portion of the state debt and to remit certain taxes.
He added, that Mrs. Grants father was extremely affluent, and he should not wonder if he was to remit 500l.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden PelhamFor cabin passage in yonder vessel, tax free and duly paid, we will remit the rest.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellThe American Consuls can give you the names and the amounts to remit for single copies.
Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 | VariousThe beleaguerers made themselves great fires, and seemed not to remit in their watchfulness.
A Legend of Reading Abbey | Charles MacFarlane
British Dictionary definitions for remit
(also intr) to send (money, payment, etc), as for goods or service, esp by post
law (esp of an appeal court) to send back (a case or proceeding) to an inferior court for further consideration or action
to cancel or refrain from exacting (a penalty or punishment)
(also intr) to relax (pace, intensity, etc) or (of pace or the like) to slacken or abate
to postpone; defer
archaic to pardon or forgive (crime, sins, etc)
the area of authority or responsibility of an individual or a group: by taking that action, the committee has exceeded its remit
law the transfer of a case from one court or jurisdiction to another, esp from an appeal court to an inferior tribunal
the act of remitting
something remitted
NZ a proposal from a branch of an organization put forward for discussion at the annual general meeting
Origin of remit
1Derived forms of remit
- remittable, adjective
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