remit

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To send money in payment for something.

   Please remit the full amount within thirty days of receiving the invoice.

2. 2
   noun

   The area of activity or authority that a person or group is responsible for.

   Investigating fraud falls outside the committee's remit.

3. 3
   verb

   To cancel or refrain from enforcing a debt, penalty, or punishment.

   The court agreed to remit part of the fine.

4. 4
   verb

   To gradually lessen or ease.

   The pain finally remitted after a few hours.

From Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter.

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