remittance
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- noun
- /rɪˈmɪtəns/
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remesa
- In the 1990s, emigrant remittances alone accounted for 25% to 30% of the country's GDP (Carling 2002).
- remittances and aid
- worker remittances
- send remittances
But the flow of remittances from both children as we consider them and adults attest to how common this was in the past.
- But the flow of remittances from both children as we consider them and adults attest to how common this was in the past.
Examples
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Yemen's economy crumbled after its two main sources of hard currency, foreign aid and foreign remittances, were cut off.
Academic text (1994) -
These people will be able to send money home, international remittance, which is one of the major pain points of the current financial system.
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More recently, remittance income to Syria topped out at close to $1 billion in 1980.
Academic text (1999) -
For Egypt, remittances have been a large proportion of its GNP since the late 1970s.
Academic text (1999) -
Egypt relies too much on historically volatile sources of income like oil, tourism, and remittances.
Academic text (1999) -
A trade deficit was being financed solely by workers' remittances from South Africa and Southern Rhodesia.
Academic text (1992) -
Jordanian remittances boomed from $21 million in 1972 to close to $1 billion in 1981-82.
Academic text (1999) -
He sent a generous remittance to help his family cover their living expenses.
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Many families depend on the remittance sent by relatives working abroad.
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The government has implemented regulations to facilitate the transfer of remittances from expatriates.
Synonyms
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Giving something to someone without payment or expecting something back
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Something done or given to return help and make up for harm
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Money sent to someone in another place, often regularly to support family
Sending money to another person as a payment
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A man who lives abroad, getting regular money from his family and often sent away by them
- Archaic
A person living abroad who receives regular money from their family back home
- Offensive
A woman who lives abroad and gets regular money from a family that did not accept her
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Remittance comes from the parts re- 'back' and mittere 'to send', the same root you see in transmit and mission. So a remittance is money 'sent' to someone, often to another place, which is why it means a payment or gift sent across a distance.