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# Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/word-of-the-day-1495/
- Published: 2019-06-28T18:03:57.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-07T11:12:34.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: Blog, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 04:14

The word for today is…

remittance (noun) – 1\. The sending of money to someone at a distance.  
2\. The sum of money sent.

Remittance Man – A man living abroad on money sent from home, esp in the days of the British Empire. Someone kept at a distance with remittances. The family black sheep.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/remittance?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : 1705; Remit + -ance. Earlier in same sense were remitment (1610s of offenses; 1670s of money sent); remital (1590s).