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remittance

A remittance is a payment that gets sent somewhere else. If you get a bill in the mail, you will usually have at least a week to send your remittance.

To "remit" is to send money or make a payment and what you send is called remittance. Buying anything from a website involves a remittance — usually from a grownup's credit card, just as keeping your cell phone going requires a regular remittance to cover minutes and messages. If you go on a trip and run out of money, you might need an emergency remittance for a plane or train ticket to get home.

DEFINITIONS OF: remittance

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n a payment of money sent to a person in another place

Synonyms:
remission, remitment, remittal
Type of:
payment
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
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