REMITMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does remitment mean? 

• REMITMENT (noun)
  The noun REMITMENT has 2 senses:

1. a payment of money sent to a person in another place

2. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

  Familiarity information: REMITMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REMITMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A payment of money sent to a person in another place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

remission; remitment; remittal; remittance

Hypernyms ("remitment" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Derivation:

remit (send (money) in payment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

remission; remit; remitment

Hypernyms ("remitment" is a kind of...):

referral (the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

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