Remit



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 免除; 宽恕; 汇款
• ［英］ v. 免除 ( refrain from inflicting) 宽恕 ( to release from the guilt or penalty of) 汇款 ( to send money)
• ［例］ Please remit your rent before the first of each month.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (remitted; remitting)

• Etymology: Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere to send back, from re- + mittere to send
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
    • b. to desist from (an activity)
    • c. to let (as attention or diligence) slacken ; relax
  • 2.
    • a. to release from the guilt or penalty of <remit sins>
    • b. to refrain from exacting <remit a tax>
    • c. to cancel or refrain from inflicting <remit the penalty>
    • d. to give relief from (suffering)
  • 3. to submit or refer for consideration, judgment, decision, or action; specifically remand
  • 4. to restore or consign to a former status or condition
  • 5. postpone, defer
  • 6. to send (money) to a person or place especially in payment of a demand, account, or draft
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to abate in force or intensity ; moderate
    • b. to abate symptoms (as of a disease) for a period
  • 2. to send money (as in payment)
• ? remitment noun
• ? remittable adjective
• ? remitter noun

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1. an act of remitting
• 2. something remitted to another person or authority

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