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as in paying
the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services the remittance of your outstanding balance is required before you can make more purchases

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Recent Examples of remittance Beyond that, think of the businesses and workers within Mexico similarly sustained by those remittances. John Tamny, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025 Around 20% of Guatemala's GDP comes from remittances – money sent home by the diaspora in the United States. Sarah Kinosian, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024 Many families rely on remittances sent by relatives working abroad. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 The designation is so broad and vague that ranches in Texas or farms in California could be swept up by the penalties if their employees send remittances to family members in Mexico who are involved in organized crime. Maria Abi-Habib, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for remittance
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Noun
  • But one of the issues in the debate is that House Speaker Matt Ritter of Hartford — a key budget negotiator — has called for making highly visible tax relief that could come in the form of direct payments.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Before pursuing an eviction, CHA works with residents who are behind on rent by setting up payment plans, referring them to financial counseling and nonprofit legal services and searching for rental assistance funds, the authority said.
    Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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  • Each year, the trustees’ compensation will increase by 2%, though the board can vote in May to waive this increase for that year, the municipal code states.
    Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • However, the draft does not include a contentious Trump administration proposal to give the U.S. $500 billion worth of profits from Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as compensation for its wartime assistance to Kyiv.
    Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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  • San Diego officials say the effort to raise user fees is being propelled partly by inflation increasing the city’s costs for equipment and maintenance at its facilities and partly to offset the cost of generous pay raises given to nearly all city employees since 2023.
    Jeanne Rawdin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Listen to this article Senator J.D. Ford, D-Indianapolis, attempted to amend a bill making school board elections partisan to only include a pay raise for board members, but that amendment failed Thursday.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Remittance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remittance. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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