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Definitions of remittance
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The sum or thing remitted.
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The act of transmitting money, bills, & c., to a distant place in return or payment for goods purchased; the sum transmitted in payment.
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Something remitted; act of sending money, & c.; The sum sent.
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The sending of moneys, bills, & c., to a person at a distant place; the sum, bill, & c., remitted.
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That which is remitted: the sending of money, etc., to a distance: also the sum or thing sent.
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a payment of money sent to a person in another place
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The act of remitting, or that which is remitted, as money.
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The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.
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The science of utilization, distribution, and consumption of services and materials.
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The sending of money, bills, etc., in payment; the sum so sent.
Antonyms for remittance
underpayment, nonpayment.
Usage examples for remittance
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“ On one occasion he returned to his room expecting with eager impatience the arrival of a remittance the proceeds of some small property which came to him by the death of his father. ”
– Rousseau Volumes I. and II. by John Morley -
“ But I had not much faith in this remittance man. ”
– An Autobiography by Catherine Helen Spence -
“ My next remittance should be here by the third. ”
– Shorty McCabe on the Job by Sewell Ford -
“ Cox and Piper waited with exemplary patience for the remittance the demands of the landlord, a man of coarse fibre, being met in the meantime by the latter gentleman from his own slender resources. ”
– Light Freights, Complete by W. W. Jacobs -
“ The custom then was to pay the men as soon as we got the remittance from the owner, which was generally about a month after the ship landed her crew. ”
– Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie -
“ And Sir Thomas 'll be ready enough to send me a remittance when I'm once out of this country." ”
– Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope -
“ If the merchants send eggs, butter, bacon, or anything of that kind, to people in Edinburgh or Glasgow, they get a remittance in cash within ten days for the amount of the goods sent. ”
– Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie -
“ " At last came a year of unusual pressure; my remittance was delayed, but when sent was never acknowledged. ”
– The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever -
“ The colonial planets are full of that sort of remittance men. ”
– Four-Day Planet by Henry Beam Piper -
“ The reply was that his ingratitude did not surprise the writer- that he was a hopeless drunkard, a remittance man, whom the family had to ship off as soon as possible when our ill- judged kindness sent him to England. ”
– An Autobiography by Catherine Helen Spence -
“ He made us a remittance which was four hundred pounds short of what we expected. ”
– The Wicked Marquis by E. Phillips Oppenheim -
“ Indeed, the boys found that not only were Belgians and French employed all through the country, but men of every nationality, from " remittance men" of England to Swiss and Cubans. ”
– The Blind Lion of the Congo by Elliott Whitney -
“ You've got money, you got my last remittance didn't you? ”
– A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories by Bret Harte -
“ In the mean time I have been employed in engaging a conveyance from Holland, which is so unexceptionable as to enable me to demand with confidence an additional sum for the first remittance of specie. ”
– The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Various -
“ I shall pack them up when my business with Abbey has come to a good conclusion, and the remittance is on the road to you. ”
– Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats -
“ Once more, don't hesitate to write to me for money if you need a remittance ”
– Walter Sherwood's Probation by Horatio Alger -
“ " The first quarter was paid, Sir Gilbert; but before I left the University, instead of the remittance I received a letter from my mother, desiring me to transmit a statement of all my debts to Stephen Corbold, Esq. ”
– The Vicar of Wrexhill by Mrs [Frances] Trollope -
“ There will be no remittance in my case. ”
– Corporal Cameron by Ralph Connor -
“ I want to say to you that I do much appr- reciate, also, besides your kindness, all the money that you have paid, and- no, let me talk, please, Herr Doctor- and I must tell you that I shall write to- day to Germany for a r- remittance ”
– A Tar-Heel Baron by Mabell Shippie Clarke Pelton