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Remittance   /rimˈɪtəns/  /rəmˈɪtəns/   Listen
noun
Remittance  n.  
1.
The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.
2.
The sum or thing remitted.





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"Remittance" Quotes from Famous Books



... confined, the walls were found covered with verses written by him in finely formed characters with the tongue of his shoe-buckle. Every letter he sent to James Melville contained a number of verses 'warm from the anvil.' His nephew, in one of his letters enclosing a remittance of money, had remarked: 'I shall send you money, and you shall send me songs. I have good hope that you will run short of verses for my use before I run short of gold for yours,' to which he replied: 'So you have the confidence to ...
— Andrew Melville - Famous Scots Series • William Morison
... aristocratic French family. His forefathers were, I believe, prominent in the court of Louis XIV. When a young man he committed some foolhardy act in France and was banished by his people, who sent him a monthly remittance on condition that he get as far away from his home as he could, and stay there. To fulfill the terms of this agreement Du Perre came to Arizona among the early pioneers and soon proved that he had the stuff of a real man in him. He learned English ...
— Arizona's Yesterday - Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer • John H. Cady
... remittance or payment in Money, Merchandize, or Bills of Exchange, shall be made by any of the Citizens, or Subjects, of any of the Powers composing this Association, to the Citizens or Subjects of the offending Nation, for the Term of one year, or until reparation be made. The reparation to be —— ...
— The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Complete - With Index to Volumes I - IV • Thomas Paine
... handing you herewith Mr. —— 's order for a Cluthe Truss together with remittance, which order please acknowledge. Mr. —— is an employee in our office and being familiar with my rupture troubles became convinced that as your Truss cured my rupture it ought to do the same for him. Hence ...
— Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured • Chas. Cluthe & Sons
... an enclosure of L25, has been forwarded to me, and I am obliged to you for the remittance. Mr. Lemon has previously written to me to explain the delay, and I had also received a letter from Mr. Landells, who told me, what I was sorry to learn, that you were dissatisfied with my contributions to "Punch." I wish that my writings had the good fortune to please everyone; ...
— The History of "Punch" • M. H. Spielmann


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