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Remittance   /rimˈɪtəns/  /rəmˈɪtəns/   Listen
noun
Remittance  n.  
1.
The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.
2.
The sum or thing remitted.





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"Remittance" Quotes from Famous Books



... not ask Lord Byron to assist me in sending a remittance for your journey; because there are men, however excellent, from whom we would never receive an obligation in the worldly sense of the word; and I am as jealous for my friend as for myself. I, as you know, have it not; but I suppose that at last I shall make up an impudent ...
— The Life of Lord Byron • John Galt
... of funds, owing to the failure of a remittance to come to hand, and I am going to offer you this watch at a bargain. You have none, ...
— Five Hundred Dollars - or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret • Horatio Alger
... simpleton, carry off all his ready cash, together with his jewels, and almost everything that was valuable about his person; and, to crown the whole, the victor at parting told him with a most intolerable sneer, that as soon as the Count should receive another remittance from Poland, he would ...
— The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Complete • Tobias Smollett
... on our printed list, and you may continue to receive the Magazine without any interruption. Remember that the amount to be remitted is $1.60, and that you will receive the Magazine postpaid. To save you the trouble of writing a letter, we annex a blank form that may be used in making the remittance. ...
— The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. - A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers • Various
... exported for the purpose of constructing railways or other works abroad. The sales are made by individuals in the United Kingdom to individuals abroad; but there is no set-off of purchases on the other side. Mutatis mutandis the same explanation applies to the remittance of goods by one country to another, or by individuals in one country to individuals in another to pay the interest or repay the capital of loans which have been received in former times. These are all cases ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 - "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" • Various


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