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remitment

Meanings
  • Noun

    The act of sending or returning something, especially money, to a place from where it has come.

  • Noun

    The amount of money that is sent or returned.

Variants
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remit , remitment , remitments , remits , remittable , remitted , remitter , remitters , remitting
Etymology
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From Old French remettre ‘hand back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mettre ‘put’.

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  1. Remittances are often used as a proxy for measuring international migration.

  2. The term 'remittance' is also used in the context of blood transfusions to refer to the return of blood to the circulation after it has been removed.

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  1. Payment: A remittance is a type of payment, usually of money, sent from one person or entity to another.

  2. Transfer: A remittance is a type of transfer, usually of money, from one place to another.

Quotes
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  1. I was brought in guilty and sentenced to die; but that the judges, having been made sensible of the hardship of my circumstances, had obtained leave to "remit" the sentence upon my consenting to be transported.

    - Daniel Defoe,{it}Moll Flanders{/it},1722

  2. And he was, therefore, as little surprised as a man could be, to find himself awakened at the small inn to which he had been "remitted" until morning, in the middle of the night.

    - Charles Dickens,{it}A Tale of Two Cities{/it},1859

  3. A patient who has mild flare-ups in the skin and joints twice a year may one day awaken with kidney failure or paralysis that, one month later, mysteriously "remits".

    - Elizabeth Rosenthal,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},19 Nov. 1989
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In financial contexts, remittances are an important source of income for many countries, particularly those in Africa and Asia. Remittances can have significant economic and social impacts on recipient households and communities.

How to Memorize "remitment"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine sending or returning money to someone, either physically or electronically.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'remittance' with the idea of sending or returning money.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Remember MONEY: Money Order, Network Transfer, Express Mail, MoneyGram, Yahoo!' to remember the different ways to send a remittance.

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