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remittance
[ ri-mit-ns ]
noun
- the sending of money, checks, etc., to a recipient at a distance.
- money or its equivalent sent from one place to another.
remittance
/ rɪˈmɪtəns /
noun
- payment for goods or services received or as an allowance, esp when sent by post
- the act of remitting
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Other Words From
- prere·mittance noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of remittance1
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Example Sentences
The abrupt halt in world trade and tourism, and the impact of lockdowns on international migration and remittances, dealt a “ruinous” blow.
Her own remittances were already supporting Garcia’s grandmother back home.
Yet so far, despite the lockdowns that have devastated wealthier economies and caused massive unemployment, remittances have generally held up this year.
In some cases they’ve even been higher than usual, based on our review of the latest available data and press releases for top remittance recipient countries.
In a typical year, more than 270 million migrants living and working abroad send these cash transfers, known as remittances, to their home countries.
And they have to manage like the deuce to keep themselves in grub from one remittance day to the next.
Petroff has had a remittance, and so you find the stove well alight, which is not always the case.
Your grandfather's balance with me was something less than one thousand five hundred, as I made him a remittance in December last.
By June he had received from Earl Street the official sanction to proceed, together with a handsome remittance.
Ill pay you well for it, struck in De Garros, who had cabled for and received a large remittance.
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