verb

remit

rih-MIHT

verb

To send money, especially as a payment.

"Please remit payment within thirty days of the invoice date."

To forgive or cancel a debt, punishment, or obligation.

"The judge remitted part of the fine due to his circumstances."

noun

The area of responsibility or authority given to a person or group.

"Reviewing planning applications falls outside the committee's remit."

How to Use Remit

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo send (usually money), to let something off (like a debt), or the scope of someone's job.

Easily confused with

remittance

Common pairings

remit payment within/outside someone's remit

remitted past tense, remits plural, remits singular

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Please _____ payment within thirty days of the invoice date.

From Latin remittere ("to send back"), from re- + mittere ("to send").

responsibility purview jurisdiction brief

brief ephemeral concise commitment responsibility jurisdiction purview prolonged

emit

responsibility purview jurisdiction brief ephemeral concise commitment prolonged