Definition
To send back or return something, especially money or a debt; to forgive or pardon a sin or punishment.
Etymology
From Latin remittere, formed by re- (back) + mittere (to send), literally meaning 'to send back.' The word entered Middle English via Old French remettre, retaining both the financial sense of sending payment back and the religious sense of sending away sins through forgiveness.
Kelly Says
Notice how 'remit' perfectly captures the dual nature of sending back — you can remit payment (send money back to settle a debt) or remit sins (send them back to God for forgiveness). This shows how our ancestors understood both financial and spiritual transactions as forms of sending and receiving!
Translations
AFAfrikaans
oorweeg
oor-VEEG
BGБългарски
превеждам
pre-VEZH-dam
CACatalà
remetre
re-ME-tre
CSČeština
převést
pshe-VEST
DADansk
overføre
o-ver-FUR-re
DEDeutsch
überweisen
uu-ber-VAI-zen
ELΕλληνικά
αποστέλλω
a-pos-TE-lo
ESEspañol
remitir
re-mi-TIR
ETEesti
üle kandma
y-le KAND-ma
EUEuskara
bidali
bi-DA-li
FAفارسی
ارسال کردن
er-sal kar-dan
FRFrançais
remettre
re-metr
GLGalego
remeter
re-me-TER
HEעברית
להעביר
le-ha-a-VIR
HRHrvatski
prebaciti
pre-ba-TSI-ti
HUMagyar
átutal
aa-tu-tal
IDBahasa Indonesia
mengirim
meng-i-rim
ITItaliano
rimettere
ri-MET-te-re
KO한국어
송금하다
song-geum-ha-da
LTLietuvių
pervesti
per-VES-ti
LVLatviešu
pārskaitīt
paars-kai-TEET
MSBahasa Melayu
menghantar
meng-han-tar
NLNederlands
overmaken
o-ver-MA-ken
NONorsk
overføre
o-ver-FUR-re
PLPolski
przekazać
pshe-KA-zach
PTPortuguês
remeter
re-me-TER
RUРусский
переводить
pe-re-vo-DIT'
SKSlovenčina
previesť
pre-vyest
SLSlovenščina
nakazati
na-ka-ZA-ti
SRСрпски
пребацити
pre-ba-tsi-ti
SVSvenska
överföra
ur-ver-FUR-ra
TRTürkçe
göndermek
gur-der-MEK
UKУкраїнська
переводити
pe-re-vo-DY-ty
VITiếng Việt
chuyển tiền
chuyen tien