Meaning & use

remit

verb·Academic

To send money, especially as payment for goods, services, or a debt.

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Please remit payment within thirty days of receiving this invoice.

Workers abroad often remit part of their earnings to family back home.

A note on using this word

'Remit payment' is a formal business collocation; in everyday speech people usually just say 'pay' or 'send payment.'

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Another way to use it

2. noun

The task or area of activity officially assigned to a person or organization.

Improving public transport falls outside the committee's remit.

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