Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The sending of money to someone at a distance.
- noun The sum of money sent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, to another place.
- noun A sum, bills, etc., remitted in payment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun The sum or thing remitted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
payment to aremote recipient .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a payment of money sent to a person in another place
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Examples
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Migration to the USA and dependence on remittance is becoming a way of life for more and more Mexicans in the central and southern parts of the country.
Mexican states from which the most people migrate to the US 2009
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Migration to the USA and dependence on remittance is becoming a way of life for more and more Mexicans in the central and southern parts of the country.
Mexican states from which the most people migrate to the US 2009
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There is too little competition and transparency in remittance markets, where transfer fees tend to be unrelated to cost.
Otaviano Canuto: The Day After Tomorrow: The Final Battle in the War Against Poverty Otaviano Canuto 2010
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Migration to the USA and dependence on remittance is becoming a way of life for more and more Mexicans in the central and southern parts of the country.
Mexican states from which the most people migrate to the US 2009
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There is too little competition and transparency in remittance markets, where transfer fees tend to be unrelated to cost.
Otaviano Canuto: The Day After Tomorrow: The Final Battle in the War Against Poverty Otaviano Canuto 2010
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There is too little competition and transparency in remittance markets, where transfer fees tend to be unrelated to cost.
Otaviano Canuto: The Day After Tomorrow: The Final Battle in the War Against Poverty Otaviano Canuto 2010
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Migration to the USA and dependence on remittance is becoming a way of life for more and more Mexicans in the central and southern parts of the country.
Mexican states from which the most people migrate to the US 2009
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A 200 dollar a month remittance is about all they need to get by, and do so well.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Capitalism and Developing Countries 2010
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Migration to the USA and dependence on remittance is becoming a way of life for more and more Mexicans in the central and southern parts of the country.
Mexican states from which the most people migrate to the US 2009
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There is too little competition and transparency in remittance markets, where transfer fees tend to be unrelated to cost.
Otaviano Canuto: The Day After Tomorrow: The Final Battle in the War Against Poverty Otaviano Canuto 2010
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