Meaning & use
remit to
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Meanings
verbtransitiveformalbusiness
to send money as payment, especially to a person or organization.
Grammar: Takes an object (the money) and is followed by to + the receiver: remit the payment to the landlord.
Patterns
- remit something to someone
- remit to someone
Please remit the full amount to our office by the end of the month.
The company remits taxes to the government every quarter.
He remitted $200 to his family overseas.
verbtransitivelegalformal
to send a case or decision back to a lower court or authority for further action.
Grammar: Used in law; often in the passive: the case was remitted to the appeals court.
Patterns
- remit something to a court
- remit a case to an authority
The judge remitted the case to the lower court for a new hearing.
The committee remitted the proposal to a subcommittee for review.
verbtransitiveformalreligion
to cancel or free someone from a debt, punishment, or obligation.
Grammar: Often used with sins or a debt: the priest remitted his sins.
Patterns
- remit a debt
- remit a punishment
- remit sins
The bank agreed to remit the remaining interest.
In some religions, a priest can remit sins.
Word forms
| third person singular | remits to |
|---|---|
| past tense | remitted to |
| past participle | remitted to |
| -ing form | remitting to |
Common combinations
- remit payment to
- Please remit payment to the address below.
- remit funds to
- They remitted funds to the charity.
- remit taxes to
- Employers must remit taxes to the revenue service.
- remit a case to
- The court remitted the case to the tribunal.
Synonyms and how they differ
- send
- More general and informal; you can send anything, but remit is only for money or legal matters.
- pay
- Focuses on giving money for something; remit often implies sending it to a distant place or authority.
- forward
- Means send on to another person; remit is more specific to payments or legal cases.
Opposites
Word family
- remittance noun
- A sum of money sent as payment.
- remittal noun
- The act of remitting, especially in law.
Commonly confused: remit to or submit? remit to or commit?
remit to vs submit
Submit means hand in something for consideration (submit a report); remit means send money or send a case back.
remit to vs commit
Commit means carry out or pledge; remit is about sending payment or canceling a debt.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'remit to' correctly?
Choose one answer.
The correct order is remit + object (the money) + to + receiver. Option A puts 'to' before the object, which is wrong. Option C reverses the roles, and D is not natural English word order.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “remit to”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.