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remittances

remittances is the plural of remittance.

Meaning of remittance

Noun

remittance (countable and uncountable, plural remittances)

  1. The act of sending money to someone.
    • remittance advice
  2. Money which is sent to someone, typically to someone in another country.
  3. Money sent by a foreign worker back to their home country.
    • It had been built on remittances, Lamin told me, sent back by a local young man who had been doing well, driving a cab in Amsterdam, until his luck changed and the money abruptly stopped.2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 203

Questions about remittances

What is remittances the plural of?
Remittances is the plural of remittance.

Words near remittances in the dictionary

  1. remittance
  2. remittance man
  3. remittance men
  4. remittance woman
  5. remittance women
  6. remittances
  7. remittant
  8. remitted
  9. remittee
  10. remittees
  11. remittence

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