Meaning of "remit" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REMIT

From Latin remittere to send back, release, re- + mittere to send.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REMIT

remit  [rɪˈmɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REMIT

Remit is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb remit in English.

WHAT DOES REMIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Remittance

A remittance is a transfer of money by a foreign worker to an individual in his or her home country. Money sent home by migrants competes with international aid as some of the largest financial inflows to developing countries. In 2012, according to the World Bank Report, $401 billion went to developing countries with overall global remittances at $514 billion. The economic impact remains contested among researchers, however, remittance transfers do draw people towards the financial services that are available to them. Remittance advertising in Oxford Street, London with Polish and Russian text...

Definition of remit in the English dictionary

The first definition of remit in the dictionary is to send, as for goods or service, esp by post. Other definition of remit is to send back to an inferior court for further consideration or action. Remit is also to cancel or refrain from exacting.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REMIT

PRESENT

Present

I remit

you remit

he/she/it remits

we remit

you remit

they remit

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

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

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I remitted

you remitted

he/she/it remitted

we remitted

you remitted

they 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

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

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will remit

you will remit

he/she/it will remit

we will remit

you will remit

they will remit

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

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 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

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would remit

you would remit

he/she/it would remit

we would remit

you would remit

they would remit

Conditional continuous

I would be remitting

you would be remitting

he/she/it would be remitting

we would be remitting

you would be remitting

they would be remitting

Conditional perfect

I would have remit

you would have remit

he/she/it would have remit

we would have remit

you would have remit

they would have remit

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been remitting

you would have been remitting

he/she/it would have been remitting

we would have been remitting

you would have been remitting

they would have been remitting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you remit
we let´s remit
you remit

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to remit

Past participle

remitted

Present Participle

remitting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REMIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «remit» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of remit

abate · alleviate · authorization · brief · cancel · commit · consign · decrease · defer · delay · deliver · desist · diminish · dispatch · dwindle · fall away · forbear · forward · halt · hand over · instructions · lessen · mail · mitigate · moderate · orders · post · postpone · put off · reduce · refer · relax · repeal · rescind · send · shelve · slacken · soften · stop · submit · suspend · terms of reference · transfer · transmit · turn over · wane · weaken

TRANSLATION OF REMIT

Find out the translation of remit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of remit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «remit» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 职权范围
• Translator English - Spanish: competencias
• English: remit
• Translator English - Hindi: परिहार
• Translator English - Arabic: اختصاص
• Translator English - Russian: круга обязанностей
• Translator English - Portuguese: mandato
• Translator English - Bengali: লাঘব করা
• Translator English - French: remettre
• Translator English - Malay: Remit
• Translator English - German: erlassen
• Translator English - Japanese: 送金
• Translator English - Korean: 송금
• Translator English - Javanese: Remit
• Translator English - Vietnamese: hoan lại
• Translator English - Tamil: துற
• Translator English - Marathi: माफी
• Translator English - Turkish: affetmek
• Translator English - Italian: rimettere
• Translator English - Polish: kompetencje
• Translator English - Ukrainian: кола обов´язків
• Translator English - Romanian: misiunea
• Translator English - Greek: αποστολή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: opdrag
• Translator English - Swedish: ansvarsområde
• Translator English - Norwegian: ansvarsområde

4 QUOTES WITH «REMIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word remit.

1

Jeremy Grantham

Capitalism believes that its remit is exclusively to make maximum short-term profits.

2

Polly Toynbee

Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the richer we get, yet we are addicted to earning and spending more every year.

3

Richard Wall

Academic sociologists have been trained to conceive of their discipline - sociology - as the scientific study of society, and to remit to the sister discipline of psychology the study of individuals.

4

Ruth Wilson

My remit has always been: I want to do something different from the last thing I've done.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REMIT»

Discover the use of remit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to remit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

House Documents

Gimme makes oath that the cause of failures was bridges and plank road washed away: therefore remit fine of 610. Reported July '29, 1856. - W. Wilkins malt s oath that, Jan. 8, 1854, he carried as much mail as he could go through with; ...

United States House of Representatives, 1858

Structural Transformation and Rural Change Revisited: ...

Table 4.1 shows the distribution of the surveyed houseTable 4.1 Main Off-Farm Activities and Incomes % of average off-farm income Country Region Top off-farm 2nd off-farm 3rd off-farm Mali Tominian Remit (48%) Self Emp (37%) Non Ag ...

Bruno Losch, Sandrine Freguin-Gresh, Eric Thomas White, 2012

Handbook on Theoretical and Algorithmic Aspects of Sensor, ...

In the first phase, S-REMiT uses a minimum-weight spanning tree(MST) as the initial solution. In thesecond phase, S-REMiT tries to improvetheenergyefficiencyofthemulticasttreebyswitchingsometreenodesfromtheirrespectiveparent  ...

Jie Wu, 2005

The Making of Channel 4

towards revenue rather than profits, would have made the Channel 4 funding link acceptable to ITV only ifthe remit was sacrificed and Channel 4 became ITV's second arm in the competitive battles to come. First they would turn Channel 4 into ...

Peter Catterall, 2013

L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected

[53 FR 31252, Aug. 17, 1988. as amended at 62 FR 17931, April 11, 1997] § 7 00.45 (a) Persons who must pay fees. Persons submitting a section 5 notice to EPA shall remit for each such notice the appropriate fee identified in paragraph ( b) of ...

‎2003

The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America

If the offer is accepted, the proponent is notified and the case is closed. Acceptance of an offer in compromise of civil liabilities does not remit criminal liabilities, nor does acceptance of an offer in compromise of criminal liabilities remit civil ...

‎1980

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of ...

Persons shall remit fee payments to EPA as follows: (1) Small business concerns. Small business concerns shall remit a fee of $100 for each section 5 . notice submitted. (2) Others. Persons other than small business concerns shall remit fees ...

Office of the Federal Register, 2010

Prison Service Pay Review Body seventh report on England and ...

Chapter. 3: Remit,. directions. and. recommendations. Introduction 3.1 In this chapter, in line with our terms of reference, we assess the evidence available to us on recruitment, retention, morale and motivation; HM Treasury's economic ...

Prison Service Pay Review Body, 2008

Congressional Serial Set

a Remit 41.135 76, deducted May 4, 1868, it being shown, from the evidence submitted, and which is have occurred they were caused by low water. h Remit 88s8 48. deducted July 30 ls68 ; the postmaster at Napoleon says there were no  ...

‎1870

Prison Service Pay Review Body tenth report on England and ...

Our scope 4.1 5 In last year's Report we asked the parties for their views on the read-across from our and remit recommendations to non-remit staff in the Service and the interpretation of the scope of our remit. Each of the parties responded ...

Prison Service Pay Review Body, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REMIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term remit is used in the context of the following news items.

I-Remit to open unit in Singapore

MANILA, Philippines - I-Remit Inc., is establishing a new and all Filipino-owned subsidiary in Singapore as part of its strategy to grow its business by more than ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»

REMIT: the road to enforcement

REMIT is an EU regulation intended to address perceived market integrity issues in the wholesale electricity and gas markets.1 As a regulation, REMIT is ... «Lexology, Jul 15»

SBP eases remittance procedures

Banks have been allowed to remit foreign exchange up to $50,000 or equivalent ... to studies abroad, banks may remit foreign exchange to foreign educational ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

Remit PF contributions online only, employers told

The Employers' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has directed employers to pay statutory contributions only through Internet banking irrespective of the ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»

Entertainment charity EABF changes name, expands remit

Entertainment charity EABF changes name, expands remit ... in 1908 alters name to reflect changes within organisation, expands remit to support disadvantaged ... «Screen International, Jun 15»

E.ON selects OpenLink for REMIT compliance reporting

"Our clients can focus on business as usual, relying on CubeIntelligence to aggregate key data and report effectively in a format mandated by regulators.". «Automated Trader, Jun 15»

Trayport connects to REGIS-TR for REMIT reporting

"As an EMIR-registered trade repository, the regulatory supervision of REGIS-TR considerably exceeds the safety requirements of the REMIT RRM regime.". «Automated Trader, Jun 15»

Timaru District Council endorses smoking rule remit

The remit suggested LGNZ "request central government to develop and implement legislation that would prohibit smoking outside cafes, restaurants and bars as ... «Timaru Herald, Jun 15»

ICAP Energy Selects Abide Financial for Remit Reporting

Through the partnership with Abide Financial, ICAP Energy customers will have the option to delegate Remit obligations to the company. Abide will be able to ... «www.waterstechnology.com, May 15»

Ex-ARMM exec found guilty for non-remittance of GSIS, Pag-IBIG …

The Sandiganbayan found former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Vice Governor and then Agrarian Reform-ARMM secretary Datu Guimid Matalam ... «GMA News, Apr 15»