Remit

(noun.) the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with; 'they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life'.

(verb.) diminish or abate; 'The pain finally remitted'.

(verb.) forgive; 'God will remit their sins'.

(verb.) refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision.

(verb.) release from (claims, debts, or taxes); 'The taxes were remitted'.

(verb.) send (money) in payment; 'remit $25'.

艾达整理

• It might not, however, be necessary to remit any part of the American revenue in gold and silver. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• At length he had got so much of it that I was distressed to think what I should do in case of being called on to remit it. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• His little Petersham-hat seemed to have been _remit de nouveau_, for the third time, at leaSt. Lord! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Horace Walpole, writing in 1760, states: I passed through Sheffield, a business town in a charming situation, with 22,000 inhabitants, and they remit ￡11,000 a week to London. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He accepted, and promised to remit me what he owed me out of the first money he should receive; but I never heard of him after. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Their rents are remitted to them in sugar and rum, the produce of their estates. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• He remitted, however, to his brother punctually, and wrote to his little boy regularly every mail. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• So the fines were remitted, and Mr. Jinks found a couple of bail in no time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Mr. Dick is wild with joy, and my aunt remits me a guinea by the next post. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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