remit
part of speech
noun (a remit, remits — said REE-mit); verb (remit, remits, remitted, remitting — said ri-MIT) — formal
meaning for a pupil
1) Noun: the area of work or responsibility given to a person or group: That is outside my remit. tree →
2) Verb (formal): to send money as a payment. tree →
3) Verb (formal): to cancel a debt or punishment. tree →
4) Verb (law): to send a case back to another court. tree →
sense in the lessons
In formal and official language a remit is what a job or committee is allowed to deal with. In business and banks, «please remit payment» means «please pay». In exams the stiff voice may use «remit». Noun of the money sense: remittance (money sent home).
examples
- Fixing the roof is not within the caretaker's remit. tree →
- The committee's remit is to improve school lunches. tree →
- Please remit payment within 30 days. tree →
- Workers abroad remit money to their families. tree →
- The judge remitted the rest of the sentence. tree →
- That question is outside my remit. tree →
note
Formal. Verb doubles the t: remitted, remitting. Noun stress on the first syllable, verb on the second.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «remit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.