remittance

English

Etymology

remit +‎ -ance

Noun

remittance (countable and uncountable, plural remittances)

1. The act of transmitting money, bills, etc. to a distant place, in return or payment for goods purchased.
2. That which is remitted; a payment to a remote recipient.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with remittence.

Derived terms

• remittance man

Translations

a payment to a remote recipient

• Bulgarian: паричен превод m (paričen prevod)
• Dutch: overschrijving (nl) f
• Finnish: maksuosoitus (fi), rahalähetys, remissi (fi)
• French: virement (fr) m
• German: Geldüberweisung f, Überweisung (de) f
• Greek: έμβασμα (el) n (émvasma)
• Hungarian: átutalás (hu)

• Italian: rimessa (it) f
• Portuguese: remessa (pt) f
• Russian: де́нежный перево́д m (dénežnyj perevód), перево́д (ru) m (perevód)
• Slovene: nakazilo n
• Spanish: remesa (es) f
• Turkish: para havalesi, para transferi

See also

• money order