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How to pronounce remittance in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms remission, remitment, remittal
Type of payment
Derivation remit

Examples of remittance

remittance
A remittance inflow can be swept instantaneously into a money market mutual fund.
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His last remittance to his family back home came from his last check in December.
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She was said to be a remittance agent for the Illinois secretary of state's office.
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The coupon must have a valid remittance address and a scannable bar code, she said.
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A remittance is a transfer of money by a foreign worker to his or her home country.
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Full details of each remittance are to be supplied to the Publisher by the due time.
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It has few banks, so remittance companies are crucial to sending money home.
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Full remittance of profits and capital is permitted through normal banking channels.
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Unlimited remittance of profits, dividends, service fees or capital is now the rule.
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More examples
  • A payment of money sent to a person in another place
  • A remittance is a transfer of money by a foreign worker to his or her home country. See "Remittance Man" below for the historical use of the word, which is the opposite of the modern use.
  • A payment to a remote recipient
  • (Remittances) Monies earned or acquired by migrants that are transmitted back to their country of origin (Source: United Nations Population Information Network).
  • Remittances are cross-border money transfers, often sent from workers employed abroad back to their families in their country of origin. Remittances are a major source of capital for developing countries, and they have been soaring in recent years, helped by lower money-transfer costs. ...
  • (Remittances) Data from the Kosovo Monthly Economic Briefing (February 2005).
  • (Remittances) Funds sent from one place to another. The transfer can be either domestic or international, and is usually refers to funds send from a migrate worker back to their place of origin.
  • (Remittances) Money earned and goods traded or purchased in foreign countries that nationals send or bring home to their families as a source of income.
  • (Remittances) The earnings sent by migrants to their countries of origin. In Latin America and the Caribbean, for example, remittances constitute a critical flow of foreign currency in the majority of countries.