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Definition of remit
remitted
;remitting
transitive verb
1a : to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or whollyb : to desist from (an activity)c : to let (attention or diligence) slacken : relax
2a : to release from the guilt or penalty of remit sinsb : to refrain from exacting remit a taxc : to cancel or refrain from inflicting remit the penaltyd : to give relief from (suffering)
3 : to submit or refer for consideration, judgment, decision, or action; specifically : remand
4 : to restore or consign to a former status or condition
6 : to send (money) to a person or place especially in payment of a demand, account, or draft
intransitive verb
1a : to abate in force or intensity : moderateb : to abate symptoms (as of a disease) for a period
2 : to send money (as in payment)
remitter
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Examples of remit in a Sentence
A patient who has mild flare-ups in the skin and joints twice a year may one day awaken with kidney failure or paralysis that, one month later, mysteriously remits. —Elizabeth Rosenthal, New York Times Book Review, 19 Nov. 1989
And he was, therefore, as little surprised as a man could be, to find himself awakened at the small inn to which he had been remitted until morning, in the middle of the night. —Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1859
I was brought in guilty and sentenced to die; but that the judges, having been made sensible of the hardship of my circumstances, had obtained leave to remit the sentence upon my consenting to be transported. —Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, 1722
Please remit $1,000 upon receipt of this letter.
Payment can be remitted by check.
The governor remitted the remainder of her life sentence.
Recent Examples of remit from the Web
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Both the Indiana and South Dakota laws require online retailers that make 200 separate transactions or have sales exceeding $100,000 per year in the state to collect and remit the sales tax.
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Allowing businesses to pay municipal income taxes through the state, which would keep 1 percent of revenues before remitting them to municipalities.
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The deal requires the company to remit tourist taxes on the short-term rentals booked by travelers who stay with Airbnb hosts in private homes, apartments and condos.
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Over two decades, this effort has shifted from trying to impose an interstate tax cartel to legislation that would empower states to force out-of-state sellers to collect and remit sales taxes.
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Under the county’s deal, Airbnb collects taxes on behalf of its hosts and remits them back to the county at the end of the month.
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Denver ultimately passed rules that required Airbnb hosts like Ms. Bishop to buy a short-term rental license and individually collect and remit lodging taxes.
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Taxpayers who failed to remit their share by April 10 have already been hit with a 10 percent penalty, but any who have still failed to pay will be assessed an additional 1.5 percent penalty every month beginning in July until their bill is paid.
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Under the proposal, remote sellers of goods with at least $10,000 in gross receipts sourced to Washington state would have to remit tax revenue, according to HB 2186.
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Origin and Etymology of remit
Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere to send back, from re- + mittere to send
Definition of remit
1 British : an area of responsibility or authority —usually singular The problem was outside/beyond our remit. The BBC simply no longer sees producing Shakespeare as part of its remit as a public service television broadcaster. — John Morrison
2 : an act of remitting
3 : something remitted to another person or authority
Recent Examples of remit from the Web
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Mueller has a nearly limitless remit to dig into Trump's political and financial life, as well as look into possible obstruction of justice by the president.
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Farrell points to a lack of co-ordination between naval fleets and security forces such as EU NAVFOR, which have a range of remits and priorities including prevention of drug smuggling and people trafficking.
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Future had a grander remit — more stage to work with, more time, more hits to attend to.
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Mass Protests Mass protests ensued when Abe passed laws in 2015 to allow Japan’s armed forces to defend other nations, the latest in a series of moves to expand their remit since the 1950s.
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While Kushner’s remit has grown, the profiles of a number of other allies of Trump’s son-in-law and Ivanka Trump have risen.
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While Kushner’s remit has grown, the profiles of a number of other allies of Trump’s son-in-law and Ivanka Trump have risen.
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The only way to clear things up is to hold a proper independent investigation, with a broad remit to look at Russian interference in the election, Trump’s ties to Russia, and the Administration’s emerging Russia policy.
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Origin and Etymology of remit
see 1remit
REMIT Defined for English Language Learners
remit
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: to send (money) as a payment
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: to cancel or free someone from (a punishment, debt, etc.)
remit
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: an area of responsibility and authority
REMIT Defined for Kids
Medical Dictionary
remit
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remitted
;remitting
: to abate symptoms for a period : go into or be in remission her leukemia remitted for a year
Law Dictionary
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remitted
remitting
transitive verb
1 a : to release from the guilt or penalty of b : to refrain from exacting remit a tax c : to cancel or refrain from inflicting remit the fine
2 : to submit or refer for consideration, judgment, decision, or action; specifically : remand
3 : to restore or consign to a former status or condition
4 : to send (money) to a person or place especially in payment of a demand, account, or draft
intransitive verb
: to send money (as in payment)
remitment
nounremittable
adjectiveOrigin and Etymology of remit
Latin remittere to let go back, send back, give up, forgive, from re- back + mittere to let go, send
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