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Present participle for to transmit, supply or send, especially money or payment
“If tea or other goods are bought in the interior, the bank can remit the payment through correspondent banks.”
Present participle for to make a payment by sending a sum of money
“Currently, the tax code encourages firms to retain earnings and remit income to shareholders through share repurchases.”
Present participle for to delay or postpone
“The movers refused Mr. Tierney's request to remit the motion.”
Present participle for to diminish or show an abatement
“It has been suggested that few marital problems remit spontaneously.”
Present participle for to stop, cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting
“The Government undertook to remit his sentence on condition of his remaining on good behavior for four years.”
Present participle for to forgive, pardon (a wrong, offense, etc.)
“She cannot remit your sin, if there were no other reason but her having so many of her own.”
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
“But what is harder to remit than the folly of youth is the sight of the game's senior figures acting like petulant, paranoid brats.”
Present participle for to refer (a matter for decision) to an authority
“The appropriate course for me to take is to remit the matter to the disciplinary committee.”
Present participle for to hand over or expend (money) as a payment or distribution of funds
Present participle for to remove from suspicion or guilt
Present participle for to provide a monetary refund or repayment
Present participle for to give or transfer possession of something to another
Present participle for to obstruct or get in the way of an operation or process
Present participle for to set aside or reserve for a particular purpose
Present participle for to cleanse, typically by removing contaminants from
Present participle for to abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)
The act of bestowing as a gift
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