remittance

UK/ɹɪˈmɪtəns/US/ɹɪˈmɪtəns/

nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,007 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: remittances

A remittance is a sum of money sent to somebody. Send a remittance home.

Money sent home by workers abroad is the commonest use, and it is larger worldwide than foreign aid. The charges on a small remittance can take a tenth of it, which is a real injustice.

Definitions of remittance

1nounremittanceA sum of money sent to somebody.C2
“The monthly remittance kept three generations of the family fed.”

remittance is a payment.

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*mey- (change)
Latin
remittō — to send, send back
Middle English
remitten
English
remit
English, today
remittance

From remit + -ance. remit comes from Middle English remitten, from Latin remittō (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

remittance in the wild

The Metrobank Group has a combined network of over 800 local and international branches/offices, remittance offices and subsidiaries worldwide.
Metrobank (Philippines)
Most remittance flows from high-income countries to lower-income countries.
Remittance
A substantial share of remittance ends up in the hands of banks and money-transfer companies due to fees imposed on money transfers.
Remittance
The bank has remittance arrangements with more than 110 banks and exchange companies around the world.
Federal Bank
If the customer is paying by cheque, the remittance advice often accompanies the cheque.
Remittance advice

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Related words

the remittō family

remission remiss

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