remit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Pronunciation 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin remittere (“‘to send, send back’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ɹɪˈmɪt/
• (US) IPA: /ɹiˈmɪt/

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to remit (third-person singular simple present remits, present participle remitting, simple past and past participle remitted)

1. To forgive, pardon
2. To give up, stop succumbing to (a negative emotion etc.).
3. To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
4. (obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of) a specified quality.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 132-3:

     Great Alexander in the midst of all his prosperity [...], when he saw one of his wounds bleed, remembered that he was but a man, and remitted of his pride.

5. (obsolete) To diminish, abate.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 139:

     Dotage, fatuity, or folly [...] is for the most part intended or remitted in particular men, and thereupon some are wiser than others [...].

6. To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
7. To postpone.
8. To transmit or send, as money in payment.
   • 2003: The Hindu, World Cup sponsors can remit money in forex: SC read at [1] on 14 May 2006 - The Supreme Court today allowed major sponsors, including LG Electronics India (LGEI), to remit foreign exchange for the tournament.

[edit] Related terms

• remittent

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈrimɪt/

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remit (plural remits)

1. (chiefly British) terms of reference; set of responsibilities.
   • 2000: Scientific Working Group on Good Laboratory Practice issues, Handbook: Good Laboratory Practice read on World Health Organisation website at [2] on 14 May 2006 - WHO/TDR should prepare a volume containing ... important issues in the performance of studies that fall outside of the GLP remit.
   • 2001: H. Meinardi et al, ILAE Commission, The treatment gap in epilepsy: the current situation and ways forward read at [[3]] on 14 May 2006 - However, this is beyond the remit of this particular article.
   • 2003: Andy Macleod, Cisco Systems, Pulling it all together - the 21st Century Campus read at [[4]] on 14 May 2006 - Next steps ... Create one IS organisation and extend remit to all HE activities.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: eimrt
• merit
• miter
• mitre
• timer

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[edit] Verb

remit

1. Third-person singular past historic of remettre.