remit

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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noun the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
noun (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
verb send (money) in payment

From Middle English remitten, from Latin remittere (“to send, send back”). Compare Old French remettre, remetre, remitter.

You had better remit at once. — Driven from Home; Or, Carl Crawford's Experience, Horatio, Jr. Alger
She sent the General a statement, and another, and in the third she put the words: "Please remit." — In Our Town, William Allen White
Her authority alone could excuse preparation, order breakfast in bed, remit practising, dispense jujubes, allow special festivities, and grant half-holidays. — For the Sake of the School, Angela Brazil

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