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remittance

/rɪˈmɪɾɪnts/
/rəˈmɪtəns/
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Other forms: remittances

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
  1. noun
    a payment of money sent to a person in another place
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    type of:
    payment
    a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
Pronunciation
US
/rɪˈmɪɾɪnts/
UK
/rəˈmɪtəns/
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