remittance

noun
UK: /rɪˈmɪtəns/
US: /rɪˈmɪtəns/

  1. An amount of money that you send to someone in another place.

    1. My father sends a monthly remittance home to his family.
    2. The foreign worker sends a large remittance each month, supporting his relatives back home.

  2. The act of sending money to someone in another place.

    1. The remittance of funds is easy with online banking.
    2. Remittance services are used to send money to family abroad when they need some support.

Synonyms

payment transfer dispatch

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "remittance" in English means: An amount of money that you send to someone in another place., The act of sending money to someone in another place..

The phonetic transcription of "remittance" is /rɪˈmɪtəns/ in British English and /rɪˈmɪtəns/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "remittance": payment, transfer, dispatch.

Example usage of "remittance": "My father sends a monthly remittance home to his family.". More examples on the page.