noun
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Terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.
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A communication from a superior court to a subordinate court.
verb
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To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.
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To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).
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To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
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to remit the performance of an obligation
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To give up; omit; cease doing.
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To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
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To show a lessening or abatement (of a specified quality).
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To diminish, abate.
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To refer (something or someone) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
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To send back.
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To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
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To restore or replace.
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To postpone.
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To refer (someone to something), direct someone's attention to something.
Examples of remit in a Sentence
While mainly occupied in those years with philosophical studies, Mill did not remit his interest in current politics.
It cannot remit the divine punishment for sin; that also is in the hands of God alone.
The Code enacted that if the landlord would re-enter before the term was up, he must remit a fair proportion of the rent.
The ALI has the widest remit yet for adult learning.
However, the commissioner's remit would extend to 18 years of age.
An Indulgence is and can only be the remission of a merely ecclesiastical penalty; the church can remit what the church has imposed; it cannot remit what God has imposed.
There seems no defensible reason for us not to try to help primary teachers as a logical extension of our existing remit.
Company officers only hold authority, e.g. the power to institute disciplinary proceedings, within their remit.
The scrutiny therefore recommends that consideration is given to widening the remit of Operation Trident to include gun crimes on all minority ethnic communities.
We resolved this dispute by extending the remit of the Boards Admin Board to cover the Boards Admin Board itself.
This set of learning materials seems to fulfill the original remit of the project; however, this did not tell the whole picture.
In fulfilling this remit, the GPCC undertakes regular reviews of the BBC's processes and performance in relation to complaints handling.
The remit has now been widened to all sources of funding, and provides a useful resource to the voluntary and community sectors.
Alopecia areata usually resolves with time, although alopecia totalis is less likely to remit.
The remit for NICE is to ensure that best value for money is obtained from the National Health Service budget.
The scope of this review would normally have a remit wider than that of an introduction to a project write-up.
The Board may reject the order if it thinks the scheme to be of such magnitude or importance that it ought to come under the direct consideration of parliament, or it may modify it in certain respects, or it may remit it to the commissioners for further inquiry.
But it must be noted that, according to the orthodox doctrine, not only can an Indulgence not remit future sins, but even for the past it cannot take full effect unless the subject be truly contrite and have confessed (or intend shortly to confess) his sins.
The Campaign 's self-imposed remit is to work for the introduction of land value taxation in the UK.
Here is a draft Remit being prepared by Blackwater Valley District.
The remit of the inquiry will be extremely limited, carried out by a judge who is himself part of the establishment.
What is the remit of this committee with regards to security coordination?
Both are non-government, not-for-profit entities with a global remit to manage public research funding to deliver specific objectives.
This journal, the increasing strategic influence of the teaching fellow community and adjustments as the university changes are part of her remit.
Remit There is a growing sense of unease in the relationship between the European electorate and the European Union.
Now that she has increased her remit to include Urology, she works with two Clinical Service Unit Directors and two Clinical Governance Forums.
The remit of the teams was also widened to include greater emphasis on the rehabilitation element.
It's possible the claim was misplaced or lacks crucial information for the company to complete it and remit payment.
Usually, employers automatically deduct an employee's portion of FICA taxes from their paycheck and remit them to the IRS.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requires taxpayers to file their returns and remit any payment they owe by a specific date each year.
While technically taxpayers only need to pay their amount of the tax liability, the agency prefers that taxpayers file both a return and remit any money they owe by the due date.
The governor may remit fines and forfeitures, and grant reprieves, commutations and pardons, but in the more serious cases only on the recommendation of a board of pardons, composed of the presiding judge, the secretary of state, and the attorney-general.
The governor is commander-in-chief of the militia when it is not called into the service of the United States; he may remit fines and forfeitures, commute sentences, and grant reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment; and he calls extraordinary sessions of the legislature.
He held that what the church had imposed the church could remit.
The Treasury of Merits has never been properly defined; it is hard to say what it is, and it is not properly understood by the people; it cannot be the merits of Christ and of His saints, because these act of themselves and quite apart from the intervention of the pope; it can mean nothing more than that the pope, having the power of the keys, can remit ecclesiastical penalties imposed by the church; the true Treasure-house of merits is the Holy Ghost of the grace and glory of God.
The French war indemnity enabled him to redeem a considerable portion of the state debt and to remit certain taxes.
Against any allowance or surcharge appeal lies to the High Court if the question involved is one of law, or to the Local Government Board, who have jurisdiction to remit a surcharge if, in the circumstances, it appears to them to be fair and equitable to do so.
At the same time we have expanded our remit in the international arena.
Ideal opportunity to work on a variety of projects for a leading consultancy within its remit.
But we did have one request - that the project's remit expand to include the dugong.
Within its wider role to promote small business, it will have an explicit remit to promote enterprise in disadvantaged communities.
Trusts which enjoy tax-exempt status must conform strictly to their remit and cannot disburse any surplus monies except to fulfill their stated objectives.
The Content Board also noted that it was not within Ofcom's remit to consider whether the crime of blasphemy had been committed.
We do not consider it appropriate to broaden the remit of the GAAC.
The arrangements for appointing members should recognize the UK-wide remit of the UK Council.
Be encouraged to direct the research within the broad remit described above.
Catalyst Corby is the only Urban Regeneration Company to have a borough-wide remit.
The Campaign's self-imposed remit is to work for the introduction of land value taxation in the UK.
Should other means of support for Channel 4's remit be considered in the longer term?
This research will support the groupâs widening participation remit.