remittance

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

remit +‎ -ance

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmɪtəns/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun[edit]

remittance (countable and uncountable, plural remittances)

  1. The act of sending money to someone.
    remittance advice ― a letter informing that an invoice has been paid
  2. Money which is sent to someone, typically to someone in another country.
  3. Money sent by a foreign worker back to their home country.
    • 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 203:
      It had been built on remittances, Lamin told me, sent back by a local young man who had been doing well, driving a cab in Amsterdam, until his luck changed and the money abruptly stopped.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Nowadays the last sense is the most common.
  • Not to be confused with remittence (“a temporary abatement of symptoms”).

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