I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He filed a tax return but failed to remit what he owed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although the move was defeated and the renationalisation policy endorsed, party members voted to remit the controversial proposal for further consideration.
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Apparently the intention of the testator is to remit a debt, so this is in effect a bequest of liberatio.
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I have considered whether this is a case which I should remit for hearing before the justices.
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Landlessness was also seen as an element of poverty and encouraged large families so that children could earn and remit wages.
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Poor households had their rates bill reduced or remitted altogether under the housing benefit scheme.
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The airline collected the tax and remitted it to the federal government.
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The memorandum was remitted to the officers of both bodies for detailed consideration and report at a subsequent meeting.
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When the item is sold, the amount loaned against the item must be remitted to the lender.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
wide
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So while the County of London Plan was still in preparation, Abercrombie was at work on his wider remit .
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Walker has a very wide remit .
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Originally developed as a means to ensure compliance with regulations, environmental auditing now has a much wider remit for many companies.
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But problems remain in connection with the scope of the tribunal's remit .
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Each of them will have its own integrity, its own remit and its belief in its own purpose.
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For there are large chunks of the remit of little or no interest to the advertisers.
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However these considerations are not part of the remit of the panel.
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Its remit , however, is limited to improving the economic viability of meat production on hill and upland farms.
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The new remit has to be clear about the purpose and contribution of members, corporately and individually.
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The preponderance of directly managed units in the new arrangements could affect the remit of authorities in another way.
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Their remit is not to charge or discipline officers, but to uncover exactly what has gone on.