Meaning & use

remitting

verb·Advanced

Sending money as a payment, or, in medicine, becoming less severe or temporarily going away.

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Customers can pay by remitting the balance through an online bank transfer.

Her symptoms began remitting after several weeks of steady, careful treatment.

A note on using this word

"Remitting" has two very different common uses, financial and medical; context determines which meaning applies.

Words with a similar meaning

payingsending payment

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