英语词汇“remitments”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

remit /ri-mitˈ/

transitive verb

remittˈing

remittˈed

To refrain from exacting or inflicting

To give up

To desist from

To transfer

To transmit (money, etc)

To put again in custody

To refer to another court or authority, etc

To refer for information

To send or put back

To relax

To pardon (archaic)

intransitive verb

(esp of pain, an illness, etc) to abate

To relax

To desist

noun

Reference of a case or matter to another (law)

Scope, terms of reference

A matter submitted (to a conference or other body) for consideration (politics, esp NZ)

ORIGIN: L remittere, remissum, from re- back, and mittere to send

remitˈment noun

remittˈable adjective

remittˈal noun

remittˈance noun

remittee /-ēˈ/ noun

The person to whom a remittance is sent

remittˈent adjective

Remitting at intervals

remittˈently adverb

remittˈer or remittˈor noun

A person who makes a remittance

remittance man noun

A man living abroad dependent upon remittances from home

remittent fever noun

A severe type of malaria in which the temperature falls slightly from time to time