13 September 2014

remit

[v., n. ri-mit; n. also ree-mit]

verb (used with object), remitted, remitting.
1. to transmit or send (money, a check, etc.) to a person or place, usually in payment.
2. to refrain from inflicting or enforcing, as a punishment, sentence, etc.
3. to refrain from exacting, as a payment or service.
4. to pardon or forgive (a sin, offense, etc.).
5. to slacken; abate; relax:
to remit watchfulness.
6. to give back:
to remit an overpayment.
7. Law. to send back (a case) to an inferior court for further action.
8. to put back into a previous position or condition.
9. to put off; postpone; defer.
10. Obsolete. to set free; release.
11. Obsolete. to send back to prison or custody.
12. Obsolete. to give up; surrender.
verb (used without object), remitted, remitting.
13. to transmit money, a check, etc., as in payment.
14. to abate for a time or at intervals, as a fever.
15. to slacken; abate.
noun
16. Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
17. something remitted, as for further deliberation or action.
18. the act of remitting.
19. Chiefly British. the area of authority of a person or group.

Origin

Middle English Latin
1325-1375; Middle English remitten < Latin remittere to send back, let go back, concede, allow, equivalent to re- re- + mittere to send

Related forms
remittable, adjective
nonremittable, adjective
nonremittably, adverb
preremit, verb (used with object), preremitted, preremitting.
unremittable, adjective

Synonyms
1. forward. 4. excuse, overlook. 5. diminish. 6. return, restore.

Antonyms
1. retain. 4. condemn. 5. increase.

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Examples from the web for remit

– Before economic reforms began, state firms simply received all financing from the government budget and remitted any profit.
– The country is home to a large stock of dollars, many of them remitted by migrant workers, and a sizeable stock of gold.
– The creditors care only about their payments and the value of the dollars that are remitted.

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Today’s aphorism

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

– Mahatma Gandhi

On this day

13 September 1503 – Michelango commences his iconic sculpture, ‘David‘.

13 September 1922 – official highest temperature ever recorded: 57.8oC (138oF) at Azizya, Libya.

13 September 1940 – German Luftwaffe bombs Buckingham Palace, London, while King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) are in residence.