remittance
pronunciation
How to pronounce remittance in British English:
UK [rɪˈmɪtns]
How to pronounce remittance in American English:
US [rɪˈmɪtns]
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- Noun:
- a payment of money sent to a person in another place
Word Origin
- remittance (n.)
- 1705; see remit + -ance. Earlier in same sense were remitment (1610s of offenses; 1670s of money sent); remital (1590s).
Example
- 1. Currency fluctuations can also skew remittance patterns .
- 2. My friend didn 't receive my remittance .
- 3. The downside of the remittance economy , say economists , is dependency .
- 4. How much of the remittance do you want to convert into japanese yuan ?
- 5. With russia in recession , now there are more mouths to feed and lower remittance inflows to sustain the bulk of the population .