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Definition of remit verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

remit

verb
 
/rɪˈmɪt/
 
/rɪˈmɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they remit
 
/rɪˈmɪt/
 
/rɪˈmɪt/
he / she / it remits
 
/rɪˈmɪts/
 
/rɪˈmɪts/
past simple remitted
 
/rɪˈmɪtɪd/
 
/rɪˈmɪtɪd/
past participle remitted
 
/rɪˈmɪtɪd/
 
/rɪˈmɪtɪd/
-ing form remitting
 
/rɪˈmɪtɪŋ/
 
/rɪˈmɪtɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to send money, etc. to a person or place synonym forward
    • remit something to remit funds
    • remit something to somebody Payment will be remitted to you in full.
  2. remit something to cancel or free somebody from a debt, duty, punishment, etc. synonym cancel
    • to remit a fine
    • to remit a prison sentence
    see also unremittingTopics Crime and punishmentc2
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’. The noun dates from the early 20th cent.
See remit in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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