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To have set aside or reserved for a particular purpose
Past tense 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.”
Past tense 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.”
Past tense for to delay or postpone
“The movers refused Mr. Tierney's request to remit the motion.”
Past tense for to diminish or show an abatement
“It has been suggested that few marital problems remit spontaneously.”
Past tense 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.”
Past tense 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.”
Past tense 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.”
Past tense 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.”
Past tense for to hand over or expend (money) as a payment or distribution of funds
Past tense for to remove from suspicion or guilt
Past tense for to provide a monetary refund or repayment
Past tense for to give or transfer possession of something to another
Past tense for to obstruct or get in the way of an operation or process
Past tense for to cleanse, typically by removing contaminants from
Past tense for to abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)
Past tense for to pay or give what is owed
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