Meaning & use
remitting
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“remitting” is a form of “remit”. See that entry for the full set of meanings.
Meanings
verbtransitiveformalfinance
Sending money to someone, usually as payment or to a person in another place.
Grammar: Takes an object, often with to: remitting funds to a relative.
Patterns
- remit money to someone
- remit payment
She is remitting part of her salary to her parents each month.
The company is remitting the tax payment today.
Workers abroad are remitting more money than ever.
verbintransitivemedical
Becoming less intense or going away for a while, as symptoms of an illness do.
Grammar: Takes no object; usually used of an illness: the fever is remitting.
Patterns
- remitting symptoms
Her fever is remitting after two days of treatment.
The pain was remitting by evening.
In some patients the illness is remitting for months at a time.
verbtransitiveformallegal
Canceling a debt or penalty so it no longer has to be paid or served.
Grammar: Takes an object such as a fine, debt or sentence.
Patterns
- remit a fine
- remit a debt
The court is remitting the remaining fine.
The lender is remitting the late fees.
The governor is remitting part of his sentence.
verbtransitivelegalspecialist
Sending a legal case or question to another court or person for a decision.
Grammar: Takes an object and to: remit a case to a lower court.
Patterns
- remit something to someone
The judges are remitting the case to the lower court.
The case is remitting to the tribunal for a fresh hearing.
The appeal body is remitting the question for fresh review.
Word forms
| third person singular | remits |
|---|---|
| past tense | remitted |
| past participle | remitted |
| -ing form | remitting |
Common combinations
- remitting payment
- He is remitting payment by bank transfer.
- remitting funds
- Migrants are remitting funds to their families.
- relapsing-remitting
- The disease is relapsing-remitting, with calm and flare-up periods.
- remitting fever
- A remitting fever rises and falls through the day.
- remitting a fine
- The magistrate is remitting a fine.
Synonyms and how they differ
- sending
- Sending is the everyday word for anything delivered, while remitting is used for money and official matters.
- paying
- Paying covers all payments, whereas remitting suggests transferring funds to a person or place at a distance.
- easing
- Easing describes any lessening, while remitting is the medical term for symptoms fading temporarily.
- waiving
- Waiving means giving up a right or charge, which is close to the canceling sense of remitting.
Opposites
Word family
- remittance noun
- a sum of money sent to someone
- remission noun
- a period when illness lessens or goes away
- remit noun
- the area a person or group is responsible for
- remittent adjective
- rising and falling, said of a fever
Commonly confused: remitting or emitting?
remitting vs emitting
Emitting means giving out light, sound or gas. Remitting means sending money or easing.
Practice
Many workers abroad are ___ part of their pay to families back home.
Choose one answer.
Remitting means sending money to someone. Emitting means giving off something like light, permitting means allowing, and omitting means leaving out.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “remitting”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.