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verbverb remits, verb remitting, verb remitted

[with object]

1Cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting (a debt or punishment)
‘the excess of the sentence over 12 months was remitted’
- ‘He thinks that hell isn't that bad, and if God isn't angered, he might remit the punishment of the fallen angels anyway.’
- ‘Where he, by deception, induces P. to remit his debt, he commits the offence under Section 2(a).’
- ‘As you will be aware, the punishment has already been remitted.’
- ‘Government and other institutions that owe billions of Kwacha in unpaid rate charges should work out programmes to remit the outstanding monies.’
- ‘The government must reconsider its position and put into place a system for remitting student debts for all those who enter the public sector.’
- ‘This would be a radical departure from the current system where relatively long-term loans are made to developing countries, with the IMF remitting funds only as a long list of conditions are satisfied.’
- ‘Still, the harvest was down on the year before, and the miller was obviously in some difficulties, because he was remitted almost half his rent ‘by the kindness of the bishop’.’
cancel, set aside, revoke, repeal, rescind, abrogate, suspend
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1. 1.1Theology Forgive (a sin)
  ‘God's act of remitting the sins of guilty men’
  pardon, forgive
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2Send (money) in payment or as a gift.
‘the income they remitted to their families’
- ‘There is, however, no doubt that mistakes can occur where money is remitted by means of a money-transfer order.’
- ‘Money is also remitted to families from relatives in New Zealand.’
- ‘Demands for payment were made and a partial payment was remitted.’
- ‘Currently, the tax code encourages firms to retain earnings and remit income to shareholders through share repurchases.’
- ‘Any rent received from the property is fully taxable in Ireland, even if you do not remit the rent to Ireland.’
- ‘You can invest in anything, you don't need government approvals, you can remit your profits out, and there are no equity restrictions.’
- ‘He also called on the media to assist in sensitisation programmes especially on ensuring that correct taxes were remitted and consumers received proof of purchase from sellers.’
- ‘With the growth of online banking, companies were remitting salaries online and customers were making payments without having to physically step into a bank.’
- ‘The payer must deduct standard rate income tax and remit it to the Revenue.’
- ‘If you plan to attend, please indicate this on the Congress registration form and remit the appropriate fee.’
- ‘The total sum was eventually remitted to companies controlled by Ward in the United States.’
- ‘Please remit the relevant amount to the office at your earliest convenience.’
- ‘The Federation remits money to the university to pay for the alcohol and maintenance.’
- ‘Until 1999, we remitted no sums by way of hire for the 3 ships.’
- ‘After remitting the sale proceeds - minus 40 per cent commission - to the bookstall owner, he winds up the show.’
- ‘Mexicans working in the US remit an astounding $8 billion a year to Mexico, a figure nearly equal to total annual foreign investment in the country.’
- ‘People in large numbers went abroad for work and remitted their earnings.’
- ‘In 1981, out-of-nation Pakistanis remitted $2 billion, which equaled thirty percent of the value of the nation's imports.’
- ‘If you grant me this appeal, then my friend from overseas is going to remit me some money and then I will be able to engage a barrister.’
- ‘He is just trying to get back at me for not remitting him the money he wanted for organizing some bloody graduation parties!’
send, dispatch, forward, transmit, convey
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3Refer (a matter for decision) to an authority.
‘the request for an investigation was remitted to a special committee’
- ‘The relief sought is quashing of the Inspector's decision, and remitting the matter to the Secretary of State.’
- ‘The appropriate course for me to take is to remit the matter to the disciplinary committee.’
- ‘It is for him to decide, if I remit the matter to him, that particular issue.’
- ‘They continued the hearing after having remitted back the critical issues to his Honour.’
- ‘The jurisdiction of the arbitrator can only be protected if the award is also remitted to his reconsideration.’
- ‘They are seeking legal costs and an order remitting the issue of their promotion to the PSC for reconsideration within 14 days.’
- ‘It remits that appeal for ‘determination by him’.’
pass, pass on, refer, send on, transfer, hand on, direct, assign, commit, entrust
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1. 3.1Law Send back (a case) to a lower court.
  ‘The amendments were made, then the case was remitted in that form.’
  ‘So you say if we took this matter on, allowed the appeal and remitted the matter to the Court of Appeal to seek a recalculation, it would not necessarily involve any amount of money at all?’
  ‘I presume at some stage the question will arise whether, if the Full Court's approach was flawed, this Court should do more than set aside its order and remit the matter to it?’
  ‘For that reason we submit that the appropriate course is to remit the matter to the Court of Appeal.’
  ‘These matters are remitted to the Ontario Court of Justice for the imposition of a sentence warranted in law.’
2. 3.2Law Send (someone) from one tribunal to another for a trial or hearing.
  ‘it remits an offender to another court after convicting him’
3. 3.3 archaic Postpone.
  ‘the movers refused Mr Tierney's request to remit the motion’
  postpone, defer, put off, put back, shelve, delay, hold off, hold over, stand over, suspend, prorogue, reschedule, keep in abeyance
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4. 3.4 archaic Consign again to a previous state.
  ‘thus his indiscretion remitted him to the nature of an ordinary person’
4 archaic no object Diminish.
‘phobias may remit spontaneously without any treatment’
- ‘It has been suggested that few marital problems remit spontaneously.’
diminish, lessen, decrease, ease, ease up, abate, moderate, dwindle, wane, ebb, subside
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Pronunciation

remit

/rɪˈmɪt/

noun

1mainly British The task or area of activity officially assigned to an individual or organization.
‘the committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit’
- ‘In addition, it reviewed one appeal against the decision by the Head of Programme Complaints that a complaint did not fall within the remit of the Programme Complaints Unit, which was not upheld.’
- ‘Covert video surveillance was research; it has been published as research and therefore did fall within the remit of the inquiry.’
- ‘Under its remit, the Task Force is expected to carry out a full review of academic employment in the University.’
- ‘They were also routinely involved with much that would later fall within the remit of secular government, through their concern with such issues as the laws of marriage, the administration of wills, and perjury.’
- ‘What spheres of activity might fall within the remit of an international liaison, given this context?’
- ‘But the Governors also recognised their responsibility for ensuring that BBC Radio continued to meet its public service remit.’
- ‘He has a broader remit and has already started conducting his own inquiry.’
- ‘I have frequently said that Lord Hutton's remit was too narrow.’
- ‘But whether it fulfils this remit is another matter.’
- ‘The government extended its remit as part of crime prevention across the aviation industry.’
- ‘Of course the judiciary protest too much as they extend their remit.’
- ‘Singular wine shops responded by extending their remit to beer and spirits.’
- ‘For the tribunal to be able to fulfil its remit, there were many legal difficulties to overcome.’
- ‘Some doctors seek to widen their professional remit to cover the entire range of human experience.’
- ‘The station's public-service remit should guarantee that such a critical aspect of Irish life gets intelligent coverage.’
- ‘The issue for her critics is the extent to which her populist approach has compromised the channel's public-service remit.’
- ‘The board will expand its remit to cover public liability and motor accidents later this year.’
- ‘The legislation extends the commission's remit to deal with demand side management and energy efficiency.’
- ‘Why is this relevant to a discussion of the commission's remit?’
- ‘Since then, it has expanded far beyond its original remit.’
area of responsibility, area of activity, sphere, orbit, scope, ambit, province, territory, realm, department, turf
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2An item referred to someone for consideration.
- ‘a remit on the question failed’